GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs Radeon RX 550

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 550, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1100 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 512 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 550		50 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 240 Watts (480%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 550 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
Radeon RX 550		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 508211 (443%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will be a lot (approximately 759%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 550. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 550		35200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 267200 (759%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is much (more or less 759%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 550, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 550		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 133600 (759%)

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 information (in units of MB 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. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure 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 output 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 ability to reach the max fill rate.