GeForce GTX 965M vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (167%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5600 XT will be 438% faster than the GeForce GTX 965M in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 280064 (438%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is a lot (approximately 228%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 965M. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 137584 (228%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be much (approximately 191%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 965M, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 57792 (191%)

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 (counted 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 its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.