GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon RX 6750 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6750 XT, which has a core clock speed of 2150 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2250 MHz. It also features a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
Radeon RX 6750 XT		250 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (72%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6750 XT is 97% quicker than the GeForce GTX 970 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 6750 XT		442368 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 218368 (97%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6750 XT should be quite a bit (more or less 215%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

Radeon RX 6750 XT		344000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 234800 (215%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6750 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 970, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6750 XT		137600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 70400 (105%)

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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.