GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which features core speeds of 1717 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 1408 SPUs along with 88 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5500 XT should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 114688 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT will be a lot (more or less 179%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 96936 (179%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should be a lot (more or less 27%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1050, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11616 (27%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.