Geforce GTX 690 vs Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition, which features a core clock frequency of 1680 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		235 Watts
Geforce GTX 690		300 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (28%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition should theoretically be a small bit superior to the Geforce GTX 690 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		458752 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 690		384512 MB/sec
	Difference: 74240 (19%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition is a little bit (about 15%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 690. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		268800 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 690		234240 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34560 (15%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition is much (about 84%) better at anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 690, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		107520 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 48960 (84%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.