GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon HD 5750 512MB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, which has core clock speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 1150 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 720(144x5) SPUs along with 36 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		86 Watts
	Difference: 11 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is 17% faster than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		73600 MB/sec
	Difference: 12416 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be quite a bit (about 165%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		25200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41616 (165%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is superior to the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		11200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22208 (198%)

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

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.