GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare all 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 RAM. 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 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (89%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 35568 (32%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT will be a lot (more or less 240%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 99328 (240%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be quite a bit (more or less 337%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and should be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54272 (337%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write 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 the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of 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.