GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5700, which features a core clock frequency of 1465 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 150 Watts (500%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5700 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 409600 (833%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be much (approximately 421%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 170480 (421%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 is superior to the GeForce GT 1030, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 73520 (363%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. 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 fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.