GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which features core speeds of 2321 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator 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

In theory, the Radeon RX 6700 XT is 20% quicker than the GeForce GTX 590 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (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 much (more or less 378%) better at AF 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 running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT is the winner, by a large margin. (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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, 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 AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.