GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which has a clock speed of 2055 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2190 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6650 XT		176 Watts
	Difference: 101 Watts (135%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6650 XT should be 234% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		287072 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 201056 (234%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT is much (more or less 294%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		263040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 196224 (294%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6650 XT is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		131520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 98112 (294%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.