GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition, which features clock speeds of 1680 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 TAUs 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 50th Anniversary Edition		235 Watts
	Difference: 205 Watts (683%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 409600 (833%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition will be quite a bit (more or less 564%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		268800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 228320 (564%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition is much (about 431%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		107520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 87280 (431%)

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 over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 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 speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.