GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380X, which has core clock speeds of 970 MHz on the GPU, and 1425 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3060 will be 102% quicker than the Radeon R9 380X overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 186240 (102%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be a bit (approximately 19%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 380X. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23680 (19%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is superior to the Radeon R9 380X, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32320 (104%)

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 across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.