Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6900 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1825 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this specific model. It features 5120 SPUs as well as 320 Texture Address Units and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		235 Watts
Radeon RX 6900 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (28%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6900 XT should in theory be a bit superior to the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		524288 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		458752 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (14%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6900 XT will be a lot (approximately 117%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		584000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		268800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 315200 (117%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6900 XT should be much (more or less 117%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		107520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 126080 (117%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling 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 that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a 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 - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.