Radeon R7 370 4G vs Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition, which features a clock speed of 1680 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		235 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (114%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition should in theory be a lot superior to the Radeon R7 370 4G in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		458752 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 279552 (156%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition should be a lot (about 331%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		268800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 206400 (331%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition is a lot (about 245%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R7 370 4G, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		107520 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 76320 (245%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.