GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5700, which features core speeds of 1465 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5700 should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 262144 (133%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be much (about 95%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 102528 (95%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 should be a lot (approximately 30%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21472 (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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied 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 higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.