GeForce GTX 860M vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which comes with clock speeds of 1375 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 860M		45 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (256%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 860M in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 280064 (438%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be a lot (more or less 159%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 860M. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		76512 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 121488 (159%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be a lot (more or less 590%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 860M, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		12752 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 75248 (590%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

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