GeForce RTX 3090 vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 590, which features a core clock frequency of 1469 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
GeForce RTX 3090		350 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3090 should in theory be much faster than the Radeon RX 590 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		958668 MB/sec
Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 696524 (266%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3090 will be quite a bit (about 116%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX 590. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		457560 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 246024 (116%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3090 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		156240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 109232 (232%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 fill rate is also dependant on many 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.