GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which makes use of a 6 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 2200 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a speed of 2250 MHz on this card. 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 650		64 Watts
Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
	Difference: 43 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6500 XT should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 650 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 67456 (84%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT will be a lot (about 316%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 106944 (316%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6500 XT is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 53472 (316%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.