GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 590, which uses a 12 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1469 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this specific model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 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 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 44 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 590 should be 72% quicker than the GeForce GTX 570 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 110144 (72%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 is much (about 382%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 167616 (382%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 590 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17728 (61%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

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