GeForce GTX 1650 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which uses a 6 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 2200 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a speed of 2250 MHz on this model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6500 XT, in theory, should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1650 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
	Difference: 16384 (13%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be quite a bit (about 69%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1650. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57640 (69%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6500 XT is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22880 (48%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.