GeForce GTX 1650 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which uses a 6 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 2200 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 2250 MHz on this specific model. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units 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

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6500 XT should in theory be a small bit better than the GeForce GTX 1650 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT will be a lot (about 69%) faster with regards to AF 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 superior to the GeForce GTX 1650, 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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's 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 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.