GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 590, which features clock speeds of 1469 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is 256% faster than the Radeon RX 590 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 672154 (256%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be quite a bit (about 67%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX 590. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 141264 (67%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be quite a bit (more or less 200%) better at FSAA than the Radeon RX 590, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 94112 (200%)

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 moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.