GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon R9 M380

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M380, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1500 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3060 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the Radeon R9 M380 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M380		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 272640 (284%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be much (more or less 270%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 M380. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M380		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 107840 (270%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is superior to the Radeon R9 M380, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M380		16000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 47360 (296%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.