GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon HD 5850

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 5850, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 725 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 1440(288x5) SPUs as well as 72 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5850		151 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2060, in theory, should be much faster than the Radeon HD 5850 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5850		128000 MB/sec
	Difference: 216064 (169%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 should be quite a bit (more or less 214%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 5850. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5850		52200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 111600 (214%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 should be much (approximately 182%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 5850, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5850		23200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42320 (182%)

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 transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.