Radeon R7 370 2G vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which comes with a core clock speed of 1825 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 4608 SPUs, 288 Texture Address Units, and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Radeon RX 6800 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 190 Watts (173%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6800 XT should theoretically be quite a bit better than the Radeon R7 370 2G overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		524288 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 345088 (193%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT will be quite a bit (more or less 742%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		525600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 463200 (742%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 XT is superior to the Radeon R7 370 2G, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 202400 (649%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could 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 - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.