GeForce GT 130 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which comes with a core clock speed of 2200 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2250 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 6 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 130		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6500 XT, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GT 130 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 135456 (1129%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be a lot (more or less 1073%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 130. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 128800 (1073%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT will be a lot (about 780%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 130, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62400 (780%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.