GeForce 830M vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which comes with core speeds of 1717 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 1408 SPUs as well as 88 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 830M		25 Watts
Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (420%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5500 XT should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce 830M overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
GeForce 830M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 214976 (1493%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT will be a lot (more or less 818%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 830M. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 830M		16464 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 134632 (818%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT is much (about 567%) better at AA than the GeForce 830M, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 830M		8232 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 46712 (567%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range 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 texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 can possibly write to its local memory in a 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 - 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.