GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which has GPU clock speed of 1605 MHz, and 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 5700 XT		225 Watts
	Difference: 150 Watts (200%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 5700 XT should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT will be much (more or less 284%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 189984 (284%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is much (more or less 207%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69312 (207%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 are processed per second. This number is worked out 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.