GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX Vega 64

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX Vega 64, which features core clock speeds of 1247 MHz on the GPU, and 1890 MHz on the 8192 MB of HBM2 RAM. It features 4096 SPUs along with 256 Texture Address Units 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 Vega 64		295 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (74%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX Vega 64 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce RTX 3060 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 64		495411 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 126771 (34%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 64 will be a lot (approximately 116%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 64		319232 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 171392 (116%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 64 should be much (approximately 26%) better at FSAA than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 64		79808 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16448 (26%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 the video card can possibly record to its 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 sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.