GeForce GTX 285 1GB vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which has a clock speed of 2200 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2250 MHz. It also features a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 6 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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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

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 285 1GB should be a bit faster than the Radeon RX 6500 XT in general. (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 should be a lot (approximately 172%) faster with regards to AF 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

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6500 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, by a large margin. (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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 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 maximum fill rate.