GeForce 8400 GS 512MB vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5600, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a speed of 1500 MHz on this card. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		40 Watts
Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (275%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5600 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 288512 (4508%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 will be a lot (approximately 3285%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		5200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 170800 (3285%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 is superior to the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		2600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 85400 (3285%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.