GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1500 MHz on this particular model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970M		75 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (113%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 970M overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 248064 (258%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be much (about 168%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 970M. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		73920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 124080 (168%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 XT is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		44352 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 43648 (98%)

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 information (in units of megabytes 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 its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.