GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which features clock speeds of 1925 MHz on the GPU, and 2250 MHz on the 16384 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 5120 SPUs along with 320 TAUs and 128 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 265 Watts (379%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 535424 (984%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is quite a bit (approximately 3400%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 598400 (3400%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be a lot (about 5500%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 242000 (5500%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.