GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1605 MHz, and 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2560 Stream Processors, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 5700 XT		225 Watts
	Difference: 195 Watts (650%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5700 XT should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 409600 (833%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is a lot (approximately 534%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 216320 (534%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT should be a lot (approximately 408%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GT 1030, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 82480 (408%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.