GeForce RTX 3070 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1717 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1408 SPUs as well as 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 RTX 3070		220 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (69%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5500 XT should be -100% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3070 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3070		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 229376 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 is quite a bit (more or less 83%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 5500 XT. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070		276000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 124904 (83%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3070 is superior to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070		144000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 89056 (162%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR 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 calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.