GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 590, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1469 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (133%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 590, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 147456 (129%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 is much (more or less 242%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 149616 (242%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 590 is a better choice, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5728 (14%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.