GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 6800

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6800, which has a core clock speed of 1700 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6800		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6800 will be 167% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		524288 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 327680 (167%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 will be quite a bit (about 276%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		408000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 299568 (276%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		163200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 90912 (126%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that 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 number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.