GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 550

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 550, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1100 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 512 SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 550		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 550 is 33% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 550		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 28672 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a lot (about 90%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 550. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 550		35200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31616 (90%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is superior to the Radeon RX 550, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 550		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15808 (90%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.