GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1925 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 2250 MHz on this specific card. It features 5120 SPUs as well as 320 Texture Address Units and 128 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 160 Watts (91%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce RTX 2070 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
	Difference: 131072 (29%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is quite a bit (about 203%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 2070. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 412960 (203%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should be a lot (about 173%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 2070, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 156160 (173%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.