GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which has a clock frequency of 2200 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2250 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 6 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 112 Watts (105%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 570 should in theory perform a small bit faster than the Radeon RX 6500 XT in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
	Difference: 4544 (3%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is a lot (about 221%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 96880 (221%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is much (more or less 140%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 570, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 41120 (140%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.