GeForce GTX 580 vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5500, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1670 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this card. It features 1408 SPUs as well as 88 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 580		244 Watts
	Difference: 94 Watts (63%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5500 should theoretically be a small bit better than the GeForce GTX 580 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580		192384 MB/sec
	Difference: 36992 (19%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 will be much (about 197%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 97552 (197%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 will be much (approximately 44%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 580, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16384 (44%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 that the graphics chip 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 Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.