GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5600, which features core clock speeds of 1375 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5600 will be 13% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1070 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is just a bit (approximately 3%) faster with regards to AF 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 is just a bit (approximately 10%) more effective at AA than the Radeon RX 5600, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.