GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 560, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1175 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		135 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (69%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 560 should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
	Difference: 52608 (85%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 should be quite a bit (approximately 81%) better at AF than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92). (explain)

Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33600 (81%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 is much (more or less 81%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92), and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8400 (81%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.