Radeon R9 295X2 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 2321 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 2000 MHz on this specific card. It features 2560 SPUs along with 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 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 270 Watts (117%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 295X2 should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the Radeon RX 6700 XT overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
	Difference: 246784 (63%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be just a bit (about 4%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R9 295X2. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13024 (4%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is just a bit (more or less 14%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R9 295X2, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18240 (14%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could 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 Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.