GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 1500 MHz on this particular model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (56%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 980 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
	Difference: 8064 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is a bit (approximately 13%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 980 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 22000 (13%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a better choice, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8000 (9%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.