GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5700, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1465 MHz, and 8096 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 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 GTX 960M		65 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (177%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5700 should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 960M overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 394752 (617%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 is quite a bit (approximately 381%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 167120 (381%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be much (approximately 435%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 960M, and should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 76224 (435%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.