GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which features GPU clock speed of 1925 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 2250 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 5120 SPUs, 320 TAUs, and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 260 Watts (347%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 475136 (414%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should be a lot (more or less 1037%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 561840 (1037%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6950 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 1050, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 203072 (469%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few 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.