GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which features a core clock frequency of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (56%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 5600 XT in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 163840 (48%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be much (about 60%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 5600 XT. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 118800 (60%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a better choice, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17600 (20%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.