GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a speed of 1500 MHz on this model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should theoretically perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1080 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
	Difference: 16384 (5%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is a lot (more or less 30%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5600 XT. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 59120 (30%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 will be a bit (more or less 17%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 5600 XT, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14848 (17%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

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