GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5700, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1465 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5700 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be quite a bit (about 75%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 90480 (75%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 is superior to the GeForce GTX 1060, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.