GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 6800

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6800, which features a clock speed of 1700 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 6800		250 Watts
	Difference: 220 Watts (733%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6800 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		524288 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 475136 (967%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 is quite a bit (more or less 908%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		408000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 367520 (908%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		163200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 142960 (706%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.