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 is set to run at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this particular model. It features 5120 SPUs as well as 320 TAUs and 128 ROPs.

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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

In theory, the Radeon RX 6900 XT should perform 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 will be much (approximately 508%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M295X. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6900 XT is a lot (about 873%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R9 M295X, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (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 over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

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