GeForce GTX 950M vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which features a core clock speed of 1605 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
Radeon RX 5700 XT		225 Watts
	Difference: 170 Watts (309%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5700 XT should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 950M overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 426752 (1334%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT will be a lot (more or less 602%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 220240 (602%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 XT is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 88096 (602%)

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 moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its 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 card's clock speed. 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.