GeForce GTX 470 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which uses a 6 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 2200 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 2250 MHz on this particular model. 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)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 108 Watts (101%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6500 XT should perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 470 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
	Difference: 13536 (10%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is quite a bit (approximately 314%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 106808 (314%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is a lot (about 190%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 470, and able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 46120 (190%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 in a second.

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