GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5700, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1465 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (140%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5700 should be 433% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 372736 (433%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 should be a lot (approximately 216%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 144144 (216%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 60352 (181%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.