GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R9 M265X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M265X, which has a clock speed of 575 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1125 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, in theory, should perform a small bit faster than the Radeon R9 M265X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M265X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 14016 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a lot (approximately 191%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M265X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M265X		23000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 43816 (191%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be much (approximately 263%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R9 M265X, and able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M265X		9200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24208 (263%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.