GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5600, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this specific model. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 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 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (400%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5600 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 245760 (500%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 should be quite a bit (approximately 335%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 135520 (335%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 should be a lot (about 335%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67760 (335%)

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 past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number 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 rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.