GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 6600 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6600 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1968 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 2000 MHz on this particular model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

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

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is a lot (approximately 109%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		251904 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 131424 (109%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 XT should be quite a bit (more or less 74%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 1060, and able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		125952 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a 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 speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.