GeForce 9800 GT 1GB vs Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition, which has a core clock frequency of 1680 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9800 GT 1GB		105 Watts
Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		235 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (124%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition is 696% faster than the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 401152 (696%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition is quite a bit (more or less 700%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		268800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 235200 (700%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition will be quite a bit (about 1020%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		107520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 97920 (1020%)

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on 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 ability to get to the max fill rate.