GeForce GTX 275 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which features core speeds of 2200 MHz on the GPU, and 2250 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 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 275		219 Watts
	Difference: 112 Watts (105%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6500 XT should in theory be a small bit superior to the GeForce GTX 275 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 275		127008 MB/sec
	Difference: 20448 (16%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be a lot (more or less 178%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 275. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 275		50640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 90160 (178%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing 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 GTX 275		17724 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 52676 (297%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.