GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which has clock speeds of 1605 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5700 XT should be much 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 will be a lot (about 534%) better at AF 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 (about 408%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 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 AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.