Radeon R7 360 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which has core clock speeds of 1925 MHz on the GPU, and 2250 MHz on the 16384 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 5120 SPUs as well as 320 TAUs and 128 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 235 Watts (235%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should be much faster than the Radeon R7 360 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 485824 (467%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is a lot (more or less 1122%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 565600 (1122%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6950 XT is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 229600 (1367%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number 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 worked out by multiplying the number 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output 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 reach the max fill rate.