GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5500, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1670 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 1408 SPUs as well as 88 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5500 will be 17% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 will be a lot (more or less 22%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26480 (22%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is superior to the Radeon RX 5500, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18848 (35%)

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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock 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 also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.