GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1925 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 2250 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 5120 SPUs, 320 TAUs, and 128 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 160 Watts (91%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 2060 Super in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
	Difference: 131072 (29%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be much (more or less 208%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 2060 Super. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 416080 (208%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should be a lot (more or less 162%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 2060 Super, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 152320 (162%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

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