GeForce GTX 470 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which features GPU core speed of 1925 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 2250 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 5120 Stream Processors, 320 TAUs, and 128 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (56%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 470 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
	Difference: 455904 (340%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be much (more or less 1712%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 582008 (1712%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6950 XT is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 222120 (915%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.