GeForce 940M vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce 940M in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce 940M		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 328064 (2050%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is a lot (approximately 670%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 940M. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 940M		25728 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 172272 (670%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be much (about 926%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 940M, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 940M		8576 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 79424 (926%)

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 across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated 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 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 number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.