GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which features a core clock speed of 2200 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2250 MHz. It also uses a 64-bit bus, and uses a 6 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970M		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6500 XT is 54% quicker than the GeForce GTX 970M in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 51456 (54%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be much (more or less 90%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 970M. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		73920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 66880 (90%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be much (approximately 59%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 970M, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		44352 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26048 (59%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better 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 the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.