GeForce GTX 1630 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which has a clock speed of 1925 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2250 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit 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 GTX 1630		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 260 Watts (347%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1630 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 491520 (500%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be quite a bit (about 1006%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1630. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 560320 (1006%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be a lot (about 785%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 1630, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 218560 (785%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of 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.