GeForce GTX 280 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare all 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 features 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)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
GeForce GTX 280		236 Watts
	Difference: 129 Watts (121%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should in theory perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 280 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 280		141696 MB/sec
	Difference: 5760 (4%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT will be quite a bit (approximately 192%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 280. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		48160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 92640 (192%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6500 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 280, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		19264 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 51136 (265%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could 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 Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.