GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon R7 250X 2GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 250X 2GB, which features a clock speed of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1125 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250X 2GB		95 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060 should theoretically be much faster than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 296640 (412%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be quite a bit (more or less 270%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 107840 (270%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is much (about 296%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

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