GeForce GTX Titan vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1717 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this card. 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 XT		130 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX Titan should theoretically perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 5500 XT in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 59008 (26%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan is quite a bit (about 24%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 5500 XT. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36392 (24%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5500 XT is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14768 (37%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could 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 card's clock speed. 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 output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.