GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600, which comes with a clock speed of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5600 should be a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (13%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be just a bit (more or less 3%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5600. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4720 (3%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is the winner, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8384 (10%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.