GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon R9 295X2

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 295X2, which comes with a clock frequency of 1018 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1250 MHz. It also features a 512-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 2816 SPUs, 176 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 340 Watts (213%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 295X2, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce RTX 2060 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 295936 (86%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 will be a lot (approximately 119%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 2060. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 194536 (119%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 will be quite a bit (about 99%) more effective at AA than the GeForce RTX 2060, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 64784 (99%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.