GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs Radeon RX 550

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 550, which has a clock speed of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 550		50 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (250%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon RX 550 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 550		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 344064 (300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be much (approximately 468%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX 550. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 550		35200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 164720 (468%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is a lot (about 435%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 550, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 550		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 76480 (435%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.