GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		70 Watts
Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
	Difference: 37 Watts (53%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6500 XT is 171% faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 93056 (171%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is quite a bit (approximately 700%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 123200 (700%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA 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 GT 240 GDDR5		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66000 (1500%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.