GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which comes with a core clock speed of 1605 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 160 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 XT		225 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5700 XT should be 133% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT will be much (about 137%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 148368 (137%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT should be much (more or less 42%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30432 (42%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied 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. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.