Radeon R9 295X2 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which features a clock speed of 2321 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 270 Watts (117%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R9 295X2 should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon RX 6700 XT in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
	Difference: 246784 (63%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be a bit (more or less 4%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R9 295X2. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13024 (4%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT is superior to the Radeon R9 295X2, but only just. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18240 (14%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.