Radeon RX 5600 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5700, which features clock speeds of 1465 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5700 will be 56% quicker than the Radeon RX 5600 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
	Difference: 163840 (56%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be a small bit (more or less 20%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 5600. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34960 (20%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be a little bit (about 7%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 5600, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5760 (7%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling 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 the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.