GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which has GPU core speed of 1375 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 2304 Stream Processors, 144 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 205 Watts (128%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should in theory be a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 590 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
	Difference: 15744 (5%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 155%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 120304 (155%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be quite a bit (about 51%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 590, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29728 (51%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.