GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5500, which comes with a clock frequency of 1670 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 1408 SPUs, 88 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (400%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5500 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 180224 (367%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 should be a lot (approximately 263%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 106480 (263%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 will be much (about 164%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 33200 (164%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.