GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5500, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1670 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1408 SPUs along with 88 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5500, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
	Difference: 85376 (59%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 is quite a bit (approximately 259%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 105968 (259%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 is a lot (approximately 83%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24160 (83%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.