GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which uses a 6 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 2200 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 2250 MHz on this particular model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 112 Watts (105%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 570 is 3% quicker than the Radeon RX 6500 XT in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
	Difference: 4544 (3%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is quite a bit (about 221%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 96880 (221%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT will be much (approximately 140%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 570, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 41120 (140%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units 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 output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.