GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1825 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this model. It features 4608 SPUs along with 288 TAUs and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 6800 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 270 Watts (900%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6800 XT should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is a lot (more or less 1198%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		525600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 485120 (1198%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT will be quite a bit (about 1054%) better at AA than the GeForce GT 1030, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 213360 (1054%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can 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 ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel 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 reach the max fill rate.