GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which comes with a core clock speed of 1925 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2250 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 5120 SPUs, 320 Texture Address Units, and 128 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 305 Watts (1017%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should be 1100% quicker than the GeForce GT 1030 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 540672 (1100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is a lot (about 1422%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 575520 (1422%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should be much (about 1117%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 226160 (1117%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.