GeForce GTX 275 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which has a core clock frequency of 2200 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2250 MHz. It also features a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 6 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
GeForce GTX 275		219 Watts
	Difference: 112 Watts (105%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should theoretically perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 275 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 275		127008 MB/sec
	Difference: 20448 (16%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be much (more or less 178%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 275. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 275		50640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 90160 (178%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6500 XT is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 275		17724 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 52676 (297%)

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 MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total 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 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 that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.