GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon R9 M385X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M385X, which comes with a core clock speed of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1500 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2060 should perform a lot faster than the Radeon R9 M385X overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M385X		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 248064 (258%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be much (about 166%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 M385X. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M385X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 102200 (166%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M385X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 47920 (272%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.