GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R9 M385X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M385X, which features clock speeds of 1100 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M385X should in theory be a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M385X		96000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 9984 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be a bit (about 8%) better at AF than the Radeon R9 M385X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M385X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5216 (8%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is superior to the Radeon R9 M385X, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M385X		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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.