GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5500, which has GPU core speed of 1670 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 1408 Stream Processors, 88 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super will be 100% faster than the Radeon RX 5500 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 229376 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is much (more or less 36%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 5500. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 52960 (36%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is quite a bit (more or less 76%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 5500, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40640 (76%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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 potential to get to the max fill rate.