GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6900 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1825 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 2000 MHz on this specific card. 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 GTX 970		145 Watts
Radeon RX 6900 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (107%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6900 XT should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 970 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		524288 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 300288 (134%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6900 XT should be quite a bit (about 435%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		584000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 474800 (435%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6900 XT will be much (about 248%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 970, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 166400 (248%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.