Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has GPU core speed of 2321 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2560 Stream Processors, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		225 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (2%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5700 XT, in theory, should be a little bit faster than the Radeon RX 6700 XT in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be a lot (more or less 45%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 5700 XT. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 114560 (45%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be quite a bit (about 45%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon RX 5700 XT, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 45824 (45%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 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 AA, HDR and higher screen 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 texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

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