GeForce GTX 295 vs Radeon RX 6600

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6600, which features a clock frequency of 1626 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 1792 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6600		132 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 157 Watts (119%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6600 will be 3% faster than the GeForce GTX 295 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
	Difference: 5600 (3%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 will be much (approximately 98%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 295. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		182112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 89952 (98%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 should be much (about 223%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 295, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		104064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 71808 (223%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number 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 number of ROPs 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 fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.