GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which features a core clock frequency of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1650 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2060 should in theory be quite a bit better than the Radeon RX 470 4GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 132864 (63%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be a lot (about 38%) better at AF than the Radeon RX 470 4GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 45272 (38%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 is much (approximately 121%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35888 (121%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.