GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which comes with a clock speed of 1925 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2250 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 5120 SPUs, 320 Texture Address Units, and 128 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 305 Watts (1017%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should be 1100% quicker than the GeForce GT 1030 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 540672 (1100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be quite a bit (approximately 1422%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 575520 (1422%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is a lot (more or less 1117%) better at AA than the GeForce GT 1030, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 226160 (1117%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is 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 it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.