GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5500, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1670 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1408 Stream Processors, 88 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3060 is 61% faster than the Radeon RX 5500 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 139264 (61%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is a little bit (more or less 1%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 5500. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 880 (1%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a small bit (more or less 19%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon RX 5500, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9920 (19%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.