GeForce GTX 1630 vs Radeon RX 550

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 550, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1100 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 512 SPUs as well as 32 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 550		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 550 should in theory be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1630 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 550		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 16384 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 should be quite a bit (more or less 58%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 550. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 550		35200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20480 (58%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 will be quite a bit (approximately 58%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 550, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 550		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10240 (58%)

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 transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.