GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has a clock speed of 1717 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 1408 SPUs, 88 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5500 XT, in theory, should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT is quite a bit (more or less 25%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30616 (25%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (more or less 32%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 5500 XT, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17344 (32%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.