GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1825 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a speed of 2000 MHz on this specific model. It features 4608 SPUs as well as 288 TAUs and 128 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
Radeon RX 6800 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6800 XT should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce RTX 2060 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		524288 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 180224 (52%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT should be much (approximately 221%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 2060. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		525600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 361800 (221%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT should be a lot (more or less 257%) better at FSAA than the GeForce RTX 2060, and also able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 168080 (257%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core 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 also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.