GeForce RTX 3090 vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5500, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1670 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1408 SPUs along with 88 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 3090		350 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (133%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3090 should in theory be a lot faster than the Radeon RX 5500 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		958668 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 729292 (318%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3090 is a lot (approximately 211%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX 5500. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		457560 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 310600 (211%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3090 will be a lot (about 192%) more effective at AA than the Radeon RX 5500, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		156240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 102800 (192%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.