Radeon R7 370 2G vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which uses a 6 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 2200 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 2250 MHz on this specific card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 3 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 2G should theoretically be much faster than the Radeon RX 6500 XT in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
	Difference: 31744 (22%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT should be much (approximately 126%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 78400 (126%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT will be quite a bit (approximately 126%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 370 2G, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 39200 (126%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.