Radeon R9 M295X vs Radeon VII

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon VII, which has a core clock frequency of 1400 MHz and a HBM2 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 4096-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 M295X		125 Watts
Radeon VII		295 Watts
	Difference: 170 Watts (136%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon VII should in theory be much faster than the Radeon R9 M295X overall. (explain)

Radeon VII		1048576 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
	Difference: 872576 (496%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon VII is quite a bit (approximately 250%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M295X. (explain)

Radeon VII		336000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 240000 (250%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon VII will be a lot (about 273%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M295X, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon VII		89600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 65600 (273%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.