GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5700, which features GPU clock speed of 1465 MHz, and 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, 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

The Radeon RX 5700 should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce GTX 960M in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 should be quite a bit (approximately 381%) faster with regards to 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 is quite a bit (approximately 435%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 960M, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed 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 this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill 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 potential to reach the max fill rate.