GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5600, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1375 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1080 should theoretically be just a bit superior to the Radeon RX 5600 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is a lot (more or less 46%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5600. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 81120 (46%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1080 is superior to the Radeon RX 5600, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14848 (17%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.