GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which comes with GPU core speed of 1925 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 2250 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 5120 Stream Processors, 320 TAUs, and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 271 Watts (423%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 650 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 509824 (637%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be much (approximately 1719%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 582144 (1719%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6950 XT is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 229472 (1356%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.