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GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R9 M265X

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB makes use of a 14 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1392 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 768 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M265X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 575 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1125 MHz on this model. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be 19% faster than the Radeon R9 M265X overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 86016 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M265X 72000 MB/sec
Difference: 14016 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is much (more or less 191%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R9 M265X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M265X 23000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 43816 (191%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is superior to the Radeon R9 M265X, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB 33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M265X 9200 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 24208 (263%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Radeon R9 M265X
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year May 2018 May 1 2014
Code Name GP107 Venus Pro
Memory 3072 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 1392 MHz 575 MHz
Memory Speed 7000 MHz 4500 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts (Unknown) watts
Bandwidth 86016 MB/sec 72000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 66816 Mtexels/sec 23000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 33408 Mpixels/sec 9200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 768 640
Texture Mapping Units 48 40
Render Output Units 24 16
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 96-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 14 nm 28 nm
Transistors 3300 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

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

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