GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 5600

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 1500 MHz on this particular card. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 5600		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5600 will be 50% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		294912 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 98304 (50%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 should be a lot (approximately 62%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 67568 (62%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 will be much (about 22%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15712 (22%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.