GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600, which features a core clock frequency of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also features a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 5600 should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (13%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be just a bit (more or less 3%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5600. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4720 (3%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be a bit (more or less 10%) better at FSAA than the Radeon RX 5600, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8384 (10%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many 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.