GeForce 8400 GS 512MB vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600, which comes with core clock speeds of 1375 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		40 Watts
Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (275%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5600 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 288512 (4508%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 is a lot (about 3285%) better at AF than the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		5200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 170800 (3285%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		2600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 85400 (3285%)

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 transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.