GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R9 270

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 270, which features GPU clock speed of 900 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1280 Stream Processors, 80 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 270		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R9 270 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 270		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 93184 (108%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 270 is just a bit (approximately 8%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 270		72000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5184 (8%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be a little bit (more or less 16%) better at AA than the Radeon R9 270, and able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 270		28800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4608 (16%)

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 MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number 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 graphics 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 maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.