Radeon R7 240 vs Radeon RX 6600 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6600 XT, which features GPU core speed of 1968 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 2000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
Radeon RX 6600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (433%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6600 XT should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 240 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		262144 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 233344 (810%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is quite a bit (more or less 1625%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		251904 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 237304 (1625%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6600 XT is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		125952 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 120112 (2057%)

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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.