Radeon R9 380 2G vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which features a clock frequency of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1500 MHz. It also features a 192-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (19%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should theoretically be a lot superior to the Radeon R9 380 2G in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 161664 (89%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is quite a bit (more or less 82%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 380 2G. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 89360 (82%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 184%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 380 2G, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 56960 (184%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.