GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (59%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should be a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 590 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
	Difference: 64896 (20%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT should be quite a bit (more or less 378%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 293664 (378%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 90272 (155%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling 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 that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also 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 memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.