GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon HD 5550

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 5550, which has a GPU core clock speed of 550 MHz, and 512 MB of DDR2 RAM set to run at 400 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 320(64x5) SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2060 should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon HD 5550 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5550		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 331264 (2588%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 is quite a bit (about 1761%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 5550. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5550		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 155000 (1761%)

Pixel Rate

If using 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 HD 5550		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 61120 (1389%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved 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. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

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