Radeon R7 240 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which has GPU clock speed of 1925 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 2250 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 5120 SPUs, 320 Texture Address Units, and 128 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 305 Watts (1017%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should be 1948% faster than the Radeon R7 240 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 561024 (1948%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is much (about 4119%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 601400 (4119%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6950 XT is superior to the Radeon R7 240, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 240560 (4119%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.