GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which features a clock speed of 1717 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 1408 SPUs, 88 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1070 should in theory be just a bit faster than the Radeon RX 5500 XT in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be a little bit (approximately 20%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5500 XT. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29624 (20%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be much (approximately 75%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 5500 XT, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 41440 (75%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.