GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1925 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 2250 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 5120 SPUs, 320 TAUs, and 128 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (34%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should theoretically perform a small bit faster than the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
	Difference: 81920 (16%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be a lot (about 94%) better at AF than the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 299200 (94%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is quite a bit (more or less 133%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, and capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 140800 (133%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus 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 bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.