GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5500, which features core speeds of 1670 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 1408 SPUs as well as 88 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, in theory, should be much faster than the Radeon RX 5500 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		630784 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 401408 (175%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti will be quite a bit (more or less 150%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX 5500. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		367200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 220240 (150%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti should be a lot (more or less 122%) more effective at AA than the Radeon RX 5500, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		118800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 65360 (122%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock 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 rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.