GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which features core clock speeds of 2055 MHz on the GPU, and 2190 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6650 XT		176 Watts
	Difference: 56 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, in theory, should perform a small bit faster than the Radeon RX 6650 XT in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6650 XT		287072 MB/sec
	Difference: 7840 (3%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT is much (more or less 83%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		263040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 119040 (83%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6650 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		131520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 59520 (83%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount 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 clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

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