GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which comes with a core clock frequency of 2321 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also features a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (156%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 950 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 287488 (272%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT should be much (about 656%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 322208 (656%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is a lot (about 353%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 950, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 115776 (353%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.