Geforce GTX 690 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which features a clock frequency of 2200 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2250 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 6 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
Geforce GTX 690		300 Watts
	Difference: 193 Watts (180%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 690 should theoretically be a lot better than the Radeon RX 6500 XT in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		384512 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
	Difference: 237056 (161%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 will be much (approximately 66%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 6500 XT. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		234240 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 93440 (66%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT will be a little bit (about 20%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 690, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11840 (20%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses 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 per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.