GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5500, which comes with 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 comprised of 1408 SPUs, 88 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5500, in theory, should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 is quite a bit (about 36%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38528 (36%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a lot (approximately 35%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 5500, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18848 (35%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.