GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which features a clock frequency of 1925 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2250 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It 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 2080 Ti		250 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (34%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti should theoretically be a little bit superior to the Radeon RX 6950 XT in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		630784 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
	Difference: 40960 (7%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 68%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		367200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 248800 (68%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be quite a bit (about 107%) more effective at AA than the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, and also able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		118800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 127600 (107%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.