GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 560, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1175 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (7%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 560 should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 28672 (33%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 should be a small bit (more or less 13%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8384 (13%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be much (about 78%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 560, and should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14608 (78%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.