GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1925 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a speed of 2250 MHz on this particular model. It features 5120 SPUs as well as 320 TAUs and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 215 Watts (179%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
	Difference: 294912 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is much (approximately 328%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 472000 (328%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 242%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 174400 (242%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock 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 also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.