GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 260X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1100 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1625 MHz on this specific model. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (48%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 is 254% quicker than the Radeon R7 260X overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 264640 (254%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is quite a bit (approximately 140%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 86240 (140%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (approximately 260%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R7 260X, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.