Radeon R9 M295X vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6900 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1825 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this particular card. It features 5120 SPUs along with 320 TAUs and 128 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 M295X		125 Watts
Radeon RX 6900 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (140%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6900 XT should be a lot faster than the Radeon R9 M295X in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		524288 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
	Difference: 348288 (198%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6900 XT should be quite a bit (about 508%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R9 M295X. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		584000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 488000 (508%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6900 XT is superior to the Radeon R9 M295X, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 209600 (873%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.