Geforce GTX 760 vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 590, which features a clock speed of 1469 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 590 should perform a lot faster than the Geforce GTX 760 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 69888 (36%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 is much (about 125%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 117456 (125%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 is much (about 50%) more effective at AA than the Geforce GTX 760, and also capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15648 (50%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.