GeForce GTX 470 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which features a core clock speed 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 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation 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

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should theoretically be a small 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 should be quite a bit (about 314%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6500 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 470, by a large margin. (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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.