GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which comes with a clock frequency of 1605 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 2560 SPUs, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
Radeon RX 5700 XT		225 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5700 XT should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1070 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 196608 (75%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is a lot (more or less 42%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1070. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 76080 (42%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT will be a small bit (approximately 7%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1070, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6336 (7%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock 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 card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

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