Geforce GTX 1080 Ti vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1925 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 2250 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 5120 Stream Processors, 320 TAUs, and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		250 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (34%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should perform a small bit faster than the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		495616 MB/sec
	Difference: 94208 (19%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is much (more or less 86%) better at texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		331520 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 284480 (86%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should be a lot (about 89%) faster with regards to AA than the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		130240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 116160 (89%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at 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 could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). 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.