GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which has core speeds of 2055 MHz on the GPU, and 2190 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

The Radeon RX 6650 XT should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (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 should be quite a bit (about 294%) better at texture 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

The Radeon RX 6650 XT will be quite a bit (more or less 294%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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 graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.