GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which comes with core speeds of 1825 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 16384 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 4608 SPUs as well as 288 Texture Address Units and 128 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6800 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 225 Watts (300%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6800 XT should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT should be quite a bit (about 687%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		525600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 458784 (687%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 XT is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 200192 (599%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs 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 rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.