GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5700, which comes with a core clock speed of 1465 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up 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 550 Ti		116 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (55%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5700 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 360256 (366%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 is much (approximately 633%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 182160 (633%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 72160 (334%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling 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 card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.