Radeon RX 470 4GB vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this particular card. 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 470 4GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5600 XT, in theory, should perform much faster than the Radeon RX 470 4GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 132864 (63%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be much (approximately 67%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 470 4GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 79472 (67%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is much (more or less 197%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 58368 (197%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.