GeForce GTX 1650 vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5500, which comes with a clock speed of 1670 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 1408 SPUs, 88 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5500 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1650 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
	Difference: 98304 (75%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 should be quite a bit (approximately 77%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1650. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 63800 (77%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5500 is superior to the GeForce GTX 1650, though not by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5920 (12%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.