GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R9 M295X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 M295X, which comes with GPU core speed of 750 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1375 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2048 Stream Processors, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon R9 M295X		125 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 M295X should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 89984 (105%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M295X should be much (about 44%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29184 (44%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is quite a bit (about 39%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R9 M295X, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9408 (39%)

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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.