GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R7 250X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 250X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1125 MHz on this particular model. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon R7 250X		95 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (27%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should in theory be a small bit better than the Radeon R7 250X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 14016 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be a lot (about 67%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 250X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26816 (67%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be a lot (approximately 109%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R7 250X, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		16000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17408 (109%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.