GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 360, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1050 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1625 MHz on this model. It features 768 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 360 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 17984 (21%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be much (more or less 33%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16416 (33%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be quite a bit (more or less 99%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R7 360, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16608 (99%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.