GeForce GTX 950M vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5700, which has a clock speed of 1465 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (227%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5700 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 950M overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 426752 (1334%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 is a lot (approximately 477%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 174400 (477%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be quite a bit (more or less 541%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 950M, and also able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 79136 (541%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). 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 get to the maximum fill rate.