GeForce RTX 3080 vs Radeon HD 5570

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 5570, which uses a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 650 MHz. The DDR3 RAM works at a frequency of 900 MHz on this specific model. It features 400(80x5) SPUs along with 20 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5570		43 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080		320 Watts
	Difference: 277 Watts (644%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3080 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the Radeon HD 5570 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		778547 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5570		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 749747 (2603%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 is quite a bit (approximately 2913%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 5570. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		391680 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5570		13000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 378680 (2913%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		138240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5570		5200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 133040 (2558%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.