Radeon R7 260X vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which comes with a core clock speed of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also features a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (39%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should be 231% faster than the Radeon R7 260X overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 240064 (231%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be much (approximately 221%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 136400 (221%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is quite a bit (more or less 400%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 260X, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 70400 (400%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be 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 this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.