GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon HD 5750 1GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 5750 1GB, which comes with a core clock frequency of 700 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1150 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 720(144x5) SPUs, 36 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon HD 5750 1GB		86 Watts
	Difference: 11 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, in theory, should be a little bit faster than the Radeon HD 5750 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5750 1GB		73600 MB/sec
	Difference: 12416 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be a lot (about 165%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 5750 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 1GB		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 far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 1GB		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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.