GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which has core clock speeds of 1825 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 16384 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 4608 SPUs along with 288 TAUs and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6800 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 180 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6800 XT should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		524288 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 412288 (368%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is much (approximately 629%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		525600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 453472 (629%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is much (approximately 548%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 197536 (548%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.