GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 590, which comes with GPU core speed of 1469 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (66%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is 138% quicker than the Radeon RX 590 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 360755 (138%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will be much (more or less 43%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 590. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 90864 (43%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 104192 (222%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units 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 applied in a 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. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.