GeForce GTX 580 vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5700 XT will be 138% quicker than the GeForce GTX 580 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT should be much (approximately 420%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is quite a bit (about 177%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 580, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one 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 called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.