GeForce GTX 285 2GB vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which makes use of a 6 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 2200 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 2250 MHz on this card. 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 285 2GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 97 Watts (91%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 285 2GB should be 8% quicker than the Radeon RX 6500 XT overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 2GB		158976 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
	Difference: 11520 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is much (more or less 172%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 2GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 88960 (172%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6500 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 285 2GB, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.