GeForce GTX 285 1GB vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 2200 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 2250 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 97 Watts (91%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 285 1GB, in theory, should be a small bit faster than the Radeon RX 6500 XT overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		158976 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
	Difference: 11520 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is quite a bit (approximately 172%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 88960 (172%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is quite a bit (about 240%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 49664 (240%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.