GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5500, which has a core clock speed of 1670 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 1408 SPUs, 88 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1070 should theoretically be a small bit better than the Radeon RX 5500 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be quite a bit (more or less 23%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5500. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33760 (23%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be a lot (more or less 80%) more effective at AA than the Radeon RX 5500, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42944 (80%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core 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 also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.