GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5700, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1465 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5700 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 90112 (24%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 should be a lot (approximately 43%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 63120 (43%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be a lot (approximately 48%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30400 (48%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant 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.