GeForce GT 340 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which has a clock speed of 2200 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2250 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 6 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 340		69 Watts
Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
	Difference: 38 Watts (55%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6500 XT should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GT 340 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 93056 (171%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be a lot (more or less 700%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 340. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 123200 (700%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be much (about 1500%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GT 340, and able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66000 (1500%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 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 the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.