GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specs 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 is set to run at a speed of 1500 MHz on this particular card. 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 650		64 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 96 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 650 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 264064 (330%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is quite a bit (about 485%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 164144 (485%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is a lot (about 420%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 650, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 71072 (420%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once 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, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.