Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which features GPU core speed of 2321 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (77%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should in theory be much better than the Radeon RX 5500 XT overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 163840 (71%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be much (approximately 146%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5500 XT. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 220264 (146%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 93600 (170%)

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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill 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.