GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		225 Watts
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		244 Watts
	Difference: 19 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5700 XT should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		192384 MB/sec
	Difference: 266368 (138%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT should be a lot (approximately 420%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 207392 (420%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is a lot (approximately 177%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 65664 (177%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to 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 max fill rate.