GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which features GPU clock speed of 1717 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1408 SPUs, 88 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
	Difference: 66 Watts (103%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5500 XT should be 187% quicker than the GeForce GTX 650 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 149376 (187%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT will be much (about 346%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 117240 (346%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5500 XT is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38016 (225%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.