GeForce 8500 GT vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5600, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a speed of 1500 MHz on this specific model. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8500 GT		45 Watts
Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5600 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce 8500 GT overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce 8500 GT		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 282112 (2204%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 will be much (approximately 4789%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8500 GT. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8500 GT		3600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 172400 (4789%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 is superior to the GeForce 8500 GT, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8500 GT		1800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 86200 (4789%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.