Radeon R7 260X vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5500, which comes with a clock frequency of 1670 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 1408 SPUs, 88 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (30%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5500 should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon R7 260X in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 125376 (121%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 is a lot (about 139%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 85360 (139%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5500 is superior to the Radeon R7 260X, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35840 (204%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.