GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5500, which features core clock speeds of 1670 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 1408 SPUs along with 88 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1070, in theory, should be just a bit faster than the Radeon RX 5500 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be quite a bit (about 23%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 5500. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33760 (23%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42944 (80%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.