GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 2055 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 2190 MHz on this card. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6650 XT		176 Watts
	Difference: 56 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6650 XT should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		287072 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 90464 (46%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 118%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		263040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 142560 (118%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6650 XT is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		131520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 59232 (82%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result 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 higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.