Radeon R9 390X 8G vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which features core clock speeds of 2321 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
Radeon R9 390X 8G		275 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6700 XT should theoretically perform a bit faster than the Radeon R9 390X 8G overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
Radeon R9 390X 8G		384000 MB/sec
	Difference: 9216 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be much (more or less 101%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 390X 8G. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 390X 8G		184800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 186560 (101%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT should be much (about 121%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R9 390X 8G, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 390X 8G		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 81344 (121%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher 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 maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.