GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has a core clock frequency of 1717 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 1408 SPUs, 88 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
GeForce GTX 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTX 480 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
	Difference: 51968 (29%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should be much (approximately 260%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 109096 (260%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5500 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 480, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21344 (64%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.