GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which has core speeds of 2321 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 196608 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is quite a bit (about 242%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 262928 (242%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT should be quite a bit (about 105%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 76256 (105%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

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