GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 6600

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6600, which features GPU core speed of 1626 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1792 SPUs, 112 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 6600		132 Watts
	Difference: 57 Watts (76%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6600 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 114688 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 should be a lot (about 236%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		182112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 127952 (236%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6600 is superior to the GeForce GTX 1050, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		104064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 60736 (140%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated 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 amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.