GeForce GT 430 1GB vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which comes with core speeds of 2200 MHz on the GPU, and 2250 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
	Difference: 47 Watts (78%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6500 XT, in theory, should perform much faster than the GeForce GT 430 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 118656 (412%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is much (about 1157%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 129600 (1157%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be a lot (about 2414%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GT 430 1GB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67600 (2414%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

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