GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600, which features GPU clock speed of 1375 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 2048 Stream Processors, 128 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5600 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 180224 (157%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 should be a lot (about 225%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 121840 (225%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 should be much (about 103%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 44672 (103%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.