GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 550

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 550, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1100 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 512 Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 550		50 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (240%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3060 should perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 550 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon RX 550		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 253952 (221%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be quite a bit (approximately 320%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 550. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 550		35200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 112640 (320%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 550		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 45760 (260%)

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 MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core 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 output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.