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GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

The GeForce GTX 580 3GB uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 772 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1002 MHz on this model. It features 512 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1717 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1408 SPUs along with 88 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500 XT 130 Watts
GeForce GTX 580 3GB 244 Watts
Difference: 114 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 5500 XT should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT 229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB 192384 MB/sec
Difference: 36992 (19%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT will be a lot (approximately 206%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT 151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB 49408 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 101688 (206%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5500 XT is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT 54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB 37056 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 17888 (48%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 580 3GB Radeon RX 5500 XT
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year November 2010 December 2019
Code Name GF110 Navi 14 XTX
Memory 3072 MB 8192 MB
Core Speed 772 MHz 1717 MHz
Memory Speed 4008 MHz 3500 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 244 watts 130 watts
Bandwidth 192384 MB/sec 229376 MB/sec
Texel Rate 49408 Mtexels/sec 151096 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 37056 Mpixels/sec 54944 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 512 1408
Texture Mapping Units 64 88
Render Output Units 48 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR6
Bus Width 384-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 7 nm
Transistors 3000 million 6400 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 4.0 ×16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 580 3GB

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