GeForce RTX 3080 vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600, which comes with core speeds of 1375 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080		320 Watts
	Difference: 170 Watts (113%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3080 should theoretically be much superior to the Radeon RX 5600 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		778547 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
	Difference: 483635 (164%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 will be quite a bit (more or less 123%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5600. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		391680 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 215680 (123%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 should be much (about 57%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 5600, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		138240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 50240 (57%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of 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.