GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5700, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1465 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		120 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5700 should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
	Difference: 163840 (56%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 is much (about 47%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 66960 (47%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21760 (30%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.