GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs 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 frequency of 2250 MHz on this model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units 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 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 143 Watts (134%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 480 should in theory be a little bit superior to the Radeon RX 6500 XT in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
	Difference: 29952 (20%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be quite a bit (about 235%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 98800 (235%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6500 XT is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36800 (110%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.