Radeon RX 480 4GB vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5600, which features a clock frequency of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also features a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5600 should theoretically perform much faster than the Radeon RX 480 4GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (29%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 will be a little bit (more or less 9%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 480 4GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14720 (9%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 52160 (146%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.