GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which features core speeds of 1855 MHz on the GPU, and 2500 MHz on the 24576 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 6144 SPUs as well as 384 Texture Address Units and 192 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
Radeon RX 7900 XTX		355 Watts
	Difference: 235 Watts (196%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		983040 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 871040 (778%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a lot (more or less 888%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		712320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 640192 (888%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX will be a lot (about 888%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 960, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		356160 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 320096 (888%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 processed in a 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 Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also 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 reach the maximum fill rate.