GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 7900 XT, which makes use of a 5 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1500 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 2500 MHz on this specific card. It features 5376 SPUs along with 336 TAUs and 192 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
Radeon RX 7900 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 7900 XT should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce RTX 2060 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		819200 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 475136 (138%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XT will be quite a bit (approximately 208%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 2060. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		504000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 340200 (208%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 7900 XT is superior to the GeForce RTX 2060, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		288000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 222480 (340%)

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 MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. 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 reach the maximum fill rate.