GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has a core clock frequency of 2321 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (667%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6700 XT, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 344064 (700%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be a lot (approximately 817%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 330880 (817%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be much (approximately 634%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 128304 (634%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.