GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5700, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1465 MHz, and 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2304 Stream Processors, 144 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5700, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 262144 (133%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 is much (approximately 95%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 102528 (95%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 should be quite a bit (approximately 30%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21472 (30%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.