GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition, which features core clock speeds of 1680 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2560 SPUs along with 160 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		235 Watts
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		244 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (4%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		192384 MB/sec
	Difference: 266368 (138%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition should be quite a bit (more or less 444%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		268800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 219392 (444%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition is superior to the GeForce GTX 580 3GB, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		107520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 70464 (190%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.