GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R5 M230

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R5 M230, which has a clock frequency of 780 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 64-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 320 SPUs, 20 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should theoretically be quite a bit better than the Radeon R5 M230 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M230		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 70016 (438%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be much (approximately 328%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R5 M230. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M230		15600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 51216 (328%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be a lot (about 971%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon R5 M230, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M230		3120 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30288 (971%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel 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 get to the maximum fill rate.