GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which features a core clock speed of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (113%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 229376 (200%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is quite a bit (more or less 266%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 143840 (266%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be quite a bit (about 103%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050, and able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, 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 figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.