GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 6600

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6600, which has a core clock frequency of 1626 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 1792 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6600		132 Watts
	Difference: 12 Watts (10%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6600, in theory, should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 should be much (approximately 68%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		182112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 73680 (68%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 will be much (about 44%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		104064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31776 (44%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.