GeForce GTX 965M vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5700, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1465 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific 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 965M		60 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (200%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5700 should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce GTX 965M overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 394752 (617%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 should be a lot (approximately 249%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 965M. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 150544 (249%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 is much (more or less 210%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 965M, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 63552 (210%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.