GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 6600

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6600, which has core speeds of 1626 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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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

The Radeon RX 6600 should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 will be a lot (more or less 236%) better 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

The Radeon RX 6600 should be a lot (more or less 140%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.