GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1717 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 1408 SPUs along with 88 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

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

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be a little bit (more or less 20%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5500 XT. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29624 (20%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is a lot (about 75%) more effective at AA than the Radeon RX 5500 XT, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 41440 (75%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed 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 this number, the better the graphics card will be at 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 card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.