Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which features a core clock frequency of 1925 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2250 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 5120 SPUs, 320 Texture Address Units, and 128 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (109%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should in theory be a lot superior to the Radeon RX 5600 XT in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 245760 (71%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is a lot (about 211%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX 5600 XT. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 418000 (211%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT should be a lot (more or less 180%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon RX 5600 XT, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 158400 (180%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 one second.

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