GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has a core clock frequency of 2321 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 2560 SPUs, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 281216 (251%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT should be a lot (about 415%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 299232 (415%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 112480 (312%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed 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 the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.