GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which has a GPU core clock speed of 2055 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 2190 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon RX 6650 XT		176 Watts
	Difference: 126 Watts (252%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6650 XT, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		287072 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 261472 (1021%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 2889%) better at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		263040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 254240 (2889%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT should be much (approximately 2889%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		131520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 127120 (2889%)

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 past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to 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 bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.