Radeon R7 250X 2GB vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which has core speeds of 1925 MHz on the GPU, and 2250 MHz on the 16384 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 5120 SPUs along with 320 TAUs and 128 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250X 2GB		95 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 240 Watts (253%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should perform much faster than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 517824 (719%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is quite a bit (about 1440%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 576000 (1440%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6950 XT is superior to the Radeon R7 250X 2GB, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		16000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 230400 (1440%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.