GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 2321 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 2000 MHz on this card. It features 2560 SPUs along with 160 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 114 Watts (98%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 294720 (299%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is a lot (more or less 1189%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 342560 (1189%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is quite a bit (approximately 588%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 126944 (588%)

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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.