GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon HD 5770

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 5770, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 850 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1200 MHz on this particular model. It features 800(160x5) SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon HD 5770		108 Watts
	Difference: 33 Watts (44%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should theoretically be a bit faster than the Radeon HD 5770 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5770		76800 MB/sec
	Difference: 9216 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (about 97%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 5770. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5770		34000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32816 (97%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is superior to the Radeon HD 5770, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5770		13600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19808 (146%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.