GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs Radeon R9 285

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 285, which features GPU clock speed of 918 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1375 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1792 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
Radeon R9 285		190 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (9%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super, in theory, should be much faster than the Radeon R9 285 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
Radeon R9 285		176000 MB/sec
	Difference: 282752 (161%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be quite a bit (approximately 94%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 285. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 285		102816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 97104 (94%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be a lot (approximately 220%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 285, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 285		29376 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 64704 (220%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen 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 amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one 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 - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel 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 ability to get to the max fill rate.