GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 6600 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6600 XT, which comes with a core clock speed of 1968 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 2048 SPUs, 128 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 6600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6600 XT should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (33%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 XT will be a lot (approximately 132%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		251904 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 143472 (132%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6600 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		125952 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 53664 (74%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.