GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which features a GPU core clock speed of 2321 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory running at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (35%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should in theory be a bit better than the GeForce RTX 3060 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 24576 (7%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT should be much (approximately 151%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 223520 (151%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT is superior to the GeForce RTX 3060, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 85184 (134%)

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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.