Radeon R9 295X2 vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5600, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1375 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 350 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 295X2 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the Radeon RX 5600 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
	Difference: 345088 (117%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 will be quite a bit (about 104%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5600. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 182336 (104%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 should be quite a bit (about 48%) more effective at AA than the Radeon RX 5600, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42304 (48%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number 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 maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.