Radeon R7 260X vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5500, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1670 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1408 SPUs as well as 88 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (30%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5500 is 121% faster than the Radeon R7 260X overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 125376 (121%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 should be a lot (about 139%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 85360 (139%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5500 is superior to the Radeon R7 260X, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35840 (204%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.