GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 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 RAM running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 2304 Stream Processors, 144 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (129%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 289664 (532%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be much (more or less 1025%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 180400 (1025%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be quite a bit (approximately 1900%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 83600 (1900%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.