GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon R9 M265X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M265X, which has a core clock frequency of 575 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1125 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R9 M265X in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M265X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 296640 (412%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (approximately 543%) better at AF than the Radeon R9 M265X. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M265X		23000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 124840 (543%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M265X		9200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54160 (589%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output 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.