GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon R9 295X2

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 295X2, which comes with GPU core speed of 1018 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1250 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also features 2816 SPUs, 176 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 340 Watts (213%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 295X2 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce RTX 2060 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 295936 (86%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 should be much (more or less 119%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 2060. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 194536 (119%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 is a lot (approximately 99%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce RTX 2060, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 64784 (99%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.