GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which features a core clock frequency of 2055 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2190 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 6650 XT		176 Watts
	Difference: 146 Watts (487%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6650 XT is 484% quicker than the GeForce GT 1030 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		287072 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 237920 (484%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT should be a lot (more or less 550%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		263040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 222560 (550%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT is much (approximately 550%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		131520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 111280 (550%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.