GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon R9 295X2

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 295X2, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1018 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1250 MHz on this specific card. It features 2816 SPUs along with 176 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 340 Watts (213%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 295X2 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 2060 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 295936 (86%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 should be much (about 119%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 2060. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 194536 (119%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R9 295X2 is superior to the GeForce RTX 2060, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 64784 (99%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at 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 the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.