GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 560, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1175 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 285 Watts (356%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 590 should perform much faster than the Radeon RX 560 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 213632 (186%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 should be just a bit (approximately 3%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2496 (3%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 is much (about 210%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 560, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 39472 (210%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed 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 better 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the 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 card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.