Radeon R9 380 2G vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this specific model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (19%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R9 380 2G in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 161664 (89%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be much (about 82%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 380 2G. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 89360 (82%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be much (approximately 184%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 380 2G, and also able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 56960 (184%)

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 in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.