GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 7900 XT, which has a core clock frequency of 1500 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2500 MHz. It also makes use of a 320-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 5 nm design. It is comprised of 5376 SPUs, 336 TAUs, and 192 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
Radeon RX 7900 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 225 Watts (300%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 7900 XT is 614% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		819200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 704512 (614%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XT will be a lot (more or less 831%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		504000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 449840 (831%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 7900 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 1050, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		288000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 244672 (565%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.