Radeon R7 370 2G vs Radeon RX 6800

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6800, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1700 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this specific model. It features 3840 SPUs as well as 240 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator 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

The Radeon RX 6800 should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 370 2G overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 will be quite a bit (about 554%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering 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 should be a lot (more or less 423%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 370 2G, and also capable of handling higher resolutions better. (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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.