GeForce GTX 285 2GB vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which uses a 6 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 2200 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 2250 MHz on this specific card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 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 285 2GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 97 Watts (91%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 285 2GB should in theory perform just a bit faster than the Radeon RX 6500 XT overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 2GB		158976 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
	Difference: 11520 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be much (approximately 172%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 2GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 88960 (172%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6500 XT is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 49664 (240%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number 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 is also dependant 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.