GeForce RTX 2080 vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 580, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1257 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce RTX 2080		26155 points
Radeon RX 580		13630 points
	Difference: 12525 (92%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080		215 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (16%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2080 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 580 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 196608 (75%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 will be a lot (more or less 54%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 580. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		278760 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 97752 (54%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 is quite a bit (about 141%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon RX 580, and able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		96960 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 56736 (141%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.