Nvidia Titan Xp vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 590, which features a clock frequency of 1469 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
Nvidia Titan Xp		250 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Nvidia Titan Xp should be 114% quicker than the Radeon RX 590 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		560845 MB/sec
Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 298701 (114%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp will be quite a bit (more or less 79%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 590. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		379680 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 168144 (79%)

Pixel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp will be much (more or less 223%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon RX 590, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		151872 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 104864 (223%)

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 over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of 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.