Radeon R7 360 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5700, which comes with GPU core speed of 1465 MHz, and 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (80%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5700 should in theory perform much faster than the Radeon R7 360 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 354752 (341%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be much (about 319%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 160560 (319%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 should be quite a bit (more or less 458%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 360, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 76960 (458%)

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 MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.