GeForce GTX 950M vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (191%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 950M overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 312064 (975%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is a lot (approximately 442%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 161440 (442%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be much (approximately 502%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 950M, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 73376 (502%)

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 MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high 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 texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.