GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has a core clock frequency of 1717 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 1408 SPUs, 88 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 160 Watts (123%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should in theory be much superior to the Radeon RX 5500 XT in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 393523 (172%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will be a lot (more or less 100%) better at AF than the Radeon RX 5500 XT. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 151304 (100%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should be a lot (approximately 175%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 5500 XT, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 96256 (175%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

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