GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 2055 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 2190 MHz on this card. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6650 XT should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		287072 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 172384 (150%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT is quite a bit (about 386%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		263040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 208880 (386%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT should be a lot (approximately 204%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		131520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 88192 (204%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number 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 graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

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