GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 6800

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6800, which comes with a 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 made up of 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6800		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6800 will be 167% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		524288 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 327680 (167%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 is much (approximately 276%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		408000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 299568 (276%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		163200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 90912 (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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.