Radeon R7 240 vs Radeon RX 6600 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6600 XT, which comes with a clock frequency of 1968 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
Radeon RX 6600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (433%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6600 XT should in theory be a lot superior to the Radeon R7 240 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		262144 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 233344 (810%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 XT will be a lot (more or less 1625%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		251904 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 237304 (1625%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 XT will be much (approximately 2057%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 240, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		125952 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 120112 (2057%)

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 across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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 of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.