GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon VII

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon VII, which has GPU core speed of 1400 MHz, and 16384 MB of HBM2 memory running at 1000 MHz through a 4096-bit bus. It also features 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Radeon VII		295 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (74%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon VII should be 184% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3060 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon VII		1048576 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 679936 (184%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon VII should be a lot (about 127%) better at AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon VII		336000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 188160 (127%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon VII should be quite a bit (approximately 41%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon VII		89600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26240 (41%)

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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.