GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon R9 290

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 290, which has a clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1250 MHz. It also makes use of a 512-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2560 SPUs, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
Radeon R9 290		300 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2060, in theory, should perform just a bit faster than the Radeon R9 290 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
Radeon R9 290		320000 MB/sec
	Difference: 24064 (8%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 will be much (about 28%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 290. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 290		128000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35800 (28%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 should be much (approximately 28%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R9 290, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 290		51200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14320 (28%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.