Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which comes with a core clock speed of 2321 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (44%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should in theory be a little bit better than the Radeon RX 5600 XT overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 49152 (14%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT should be quite a bit (about 88%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5600 XT. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 173360 (88%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be much (approximately 69%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 5600 XT, and capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 60544 (69%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.