Radeon R7 370 2G vs Radeon RX 6800

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6800, which features GPU core speed of 1700 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Radeon RX 6800		250 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6800 is 193% faster than the Radeon R7 370 2G in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		524288 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 345088 (193%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 is quite a bit (about 554%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		408000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 345600 (554%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 will be a lot (more or less 423%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 370 2G, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		163200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 132000 (423%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.