GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which uses a 6 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 2200 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 2250 MHz on this specific model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
	Difference: 37 Watts (53%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 93056 (171%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be quite a bit (about 700%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 123200 (700%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is a lot (more or less 1500%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66000 (1500%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum 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 higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.