GeForce GTX 580 vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 590, which uses a 12 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1469 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 2000 MHz on this specific model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
GeForce GTX 580		244 Watts
	Difference: 69 Watts (39%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 590 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 580 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580		192384 MB/sec
	Difference: 69760 (36%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 should be a lot (more or less 328%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 162128 (328%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 should be much (about 27%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 580, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9952 (27%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen 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 number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill 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 ability to get to the max fill rate.