GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs Radeon HD 5570

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 5570, which features core speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR3 memory. It features 400(80x5) SPUs along with 20 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5570		43 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 307 Watts (714%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should perform a lot faster than the Radeon HD 5570 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5570		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 905498 (3144%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is quite a bit (approximately 2614%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 5570. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5570		13000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 339800 (2614%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5570		5200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 135920 (2614%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.