GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which makes use of a 6 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 2200 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 2250 MHz on this specific card. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 43 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6500 XT should be a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 560 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 19328 (15%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is much (about 210%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 95440 (210%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is much (more or less 172%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 560, and will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 44480 (172%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount 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 also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.