GeForce GTX 980M vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which features core clock speeds of 1375 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980M		100 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce GTX 980M overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980M		128000 MB/sec
	Difference: 216064 (169%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 99%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 980M. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 980M		99648 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 98352 (99%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be quite a bit (more or less 32%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 980M, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 980M		66432 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21568 (32%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.