GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon HD 5770

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 5770, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 850 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1200 MHz on this specific model. It features 800(160x5) SPUs along with 40 Texture Address Units 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 HD 5770		108 Watts
	Difference: 33 Watts (44%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should in theory be a little bit better than the Radeon HD 5770 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5770		76800 MB/sec
	Difference: 9216 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be a lot (about 97%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 5770. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5770		34000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32816 (97%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be a lot (about 146%) more effective at AA than the Radeon HD 5770, and able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5770		13600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19808 (146%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount 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 handling 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 write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.