GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 6800

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6800, which features a core clock speed of 1700 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 6800		250 Watts
	Difference: 220 Watts (733%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6800 should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		524288 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 475136 (967%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 is quite a bit (about 908%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		408000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 367520 (908%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 is superior to the GeForce GT 1030, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		163200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 142960 (706%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.