GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs Radeon R9 295X2

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 295X2, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1018 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1250 MHz on this specific model. It features 2816 SPUs as well as 176 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		215 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 285 Watts (133%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 295X2 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce RTX 2070 Super in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2070 Super		458752 MB/sec
	Difference: 181248 (40%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 will be much (approximately 40%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 2070 Super. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2070 Super		256800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 101536 (40%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R9 295X2 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27584 (27%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at 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 the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.