GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which features a clock speed of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also features a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 96 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 650 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 264064 (330%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is much (approximately 485%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 164144 (485%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be much (more or less 420%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 650, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 71072 (420%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.