GeForce GTX 580 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1375 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM 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 580		244 Watts
	Difference: 84 Watts (53%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5600 XT is 79% quicker than the GeForce GTX 580 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580		192384 MB/sec
	Difference: 151680 (79%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is much (about 301%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 148592 (301%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be much (approximately 137%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 580, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 50944 (137%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few 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.