GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has GPU clock speed of 2321 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (9%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 980 Ti in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
	Difference: 57216 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be much (about 111%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 980 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 195360 (111%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 52544 (55%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.