GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare that 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 works at a speed of 2250 MHz on this particular model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 43 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6500 XT should theoretically be just a bit better than the GeForce GTX 560 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 19328 (15%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be much (more or less 210%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 95440 (210%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT will be much (about 172%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 560, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 44480 (172%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.