GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

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

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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 much better than 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%) faster with regards to 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 should be a lot (more or less 1900%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 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 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 most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.