GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which has core clock speeds of 1825 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 16384 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 4608 SPUs along with 288 TAUs and 128 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6800 XT, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		524288 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 409600 (357%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT will be much (approximately 870%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		525600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 471440 (870%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 XT is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 190272 (439%)

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 moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

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