GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon RX 6600

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6600, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1626 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1792 SPUs as well as 112 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6600		132 Watts
GeForce GTX 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 118 Watts (89%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6600 should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 480 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
	Difference: 51968 (29%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 should be quite a bit (more or less 334%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		182112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 140112 (334%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 is a lot (more or less 210%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 480, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		104064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 70464 (210%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.