Radeon R7 240 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which features GPU clock speed of 1375 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (433%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should be a lot faster than the Radeon R7 240 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 315264 (1095%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is a lot (approximately 1256%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 183400 (1256%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 XT is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 82160 (1407%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip 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 Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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 bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.