Radeon R5 M330 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which comes with a clock frequency of 2200 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2250 MHz. It also features a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 6 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6500 XT is 924% quicker than the Radeon R5 M330 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 133056 (924%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 583%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R5 M330. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 120200 (583%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be much (approximately 754%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R5 M330, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62160 (754%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.