GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which has a GPU core clock speed of 2200 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 2250 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 1024 Stream Processors, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
	Difference: 68 Watts (64%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be a lot faster than the Radeon RX 6500 XT in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
	Difference: 311296 (211%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is quite a bit (more or less 42%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 6500 XT. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 59120 (42%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be much (about 34%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 6500 XT, and will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23680 (34%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

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