Radeon R7 370 2G vs Radeon RX 6650 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6650 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 2055 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 2190 MHz on this specific model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Radeon RX 6650 XT		176 Watts
	Difference: 66 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6650 XT should in theory be much better than the Radeon R7 370 2G overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		287072 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 107872 (60%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6650 XT is quite a bit (approximately 322%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		263040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 200640 (322%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6650 XT is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6650 XT		131520 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 100320 (322%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated 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 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 reach the max fill rate.