GeForce RTX 2080 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which has GPU core speed of 1375 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 2304 Stream Processors, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080		215 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (34%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2080 should in theory be much superior to the Radeon RX 5600 XT in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 114688 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 should be quite a bit (more or less 41%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5600 XT. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		278760 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 80760 (41%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 is superior to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		96960 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8960 (10%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's 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 output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.