GeForce GTX 1650 vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which comes with a clock speed of 1156 MHz and a HBM2 memory frequency of 1600 MHz. It also uses a 2048-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 3584 SPUs, 224 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (180%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX Vega 56 should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1650 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
	Difference: 288358 (220%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be a lot (about 211%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1650. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 175784 (211%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 should be much (approximately 56%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1650, and also able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26464 (56%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.