GeForce GTX 1650 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which makes use of a 6 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 2200 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 2250 MHz on this specific model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6500 XT will be 13% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1650 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
	Difference: 16384 (13%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is much (more or less 69%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1650. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57640 (69%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6500 XT is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22880 (48%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.