Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Radeon VII

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon VII, which features a clock frequency of 1400 MHz and a HBM2 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also features a 4096-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
Radeon VII		295 Watts
	Difference: 165 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon VII should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon RX 5500 XT overall. (explain)

Radeon VII		1048576 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 819200 (357%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon VII will be much (approximately 122%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 5500 XT. (explain)

Radeon VII		336000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 184904 (122%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon VII should be quite a bit (approximately 63%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 5500 XT, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon VII		89600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 34656 (63%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.