GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 590, which features core clock speeds of 1469 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		135 Watts
Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (30%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 590 should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
	Difference: 200064 (322%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 should be quite a bit (more or less 409%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92). (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 169936 (409%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 590 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36608 (352%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.