GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has GPU core speed of 1717 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 1408 SPUs, 88 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (86%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 174976 (322%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should be a lot (more or less 759%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 133496 (759%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT is quite a bit (about 1149%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 50544 (1149%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out 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 graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.