Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 2321 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this model. 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)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 123 Watts (115%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should theoretically be a lot better than the Radeon RX 6500 XT in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
	Difference: 245760 (167%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is a lot (more or less 164%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 6500 XT. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 230560 (164%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT is superior to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 78144 (111%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.