GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has a GPU core clock speed of 2321 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2560 Stream Processors, 160 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (59%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6700 XT should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 970 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 169216 (76%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is quite a bit (about 240%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 262160 (240%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 970, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 81344 (121%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.