GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon HD 5750 512MB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, which uses a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 700 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1150 MHz on this specific model. It features 720(144x5) SPUs as well as 36 Texture Address Units 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 5750 512MB		86 Watts
	Difference: 11 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should perform a small bit faster than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		73600 MB/sec
	Difference: 12416 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a lot (more or less 165%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		25200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41616 (165%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		11200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22208 (198%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can 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 colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.