GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5500, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1670 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 1408 SPUs as well as 88 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
	Difference: 86 Watts (134%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5500 should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 650 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 149376 (187%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 will be quite a bit (about 334%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 113104 (334%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 is quite a bit (about 216%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 650, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36512 (216%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it 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 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 in one second. This number is calculated 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 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 the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.