GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 2055 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 2190 MHz on this card. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon RX 6650 XT		176 Watts
	Difference: 126 Watts (252%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6650 XT should be 1021% quicker than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		287072 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 261472 (1021%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT is a lot (about 2889%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		263040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 254240 (2889%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT should be much (more or less 2889%) better at AA than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		131520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 127120 (2889%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.