GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 6800

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6800, which comes with core speeds of 1700 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 16384 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 3840 SPUs along with 240 Texture Address Units and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6800		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6800 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		524288 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 438272 (510%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 should be quite a bit (approximately 511%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		408000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 341184 (511%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 is superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		163200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 129792 (389%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.