GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which has a core clock frequency of 1925 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2250 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is made up 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 GTX 970		145 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 190 Watts (131%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce GTX 970 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
	Difference: 365824 (163%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is quite a bit (approximately 464%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 506800 (464%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should be quite a bit (about 267%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 970, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 179200 (267%)

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

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.