GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which features a clock speed of 1825 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 4608 SPUs, 288 Texture Address Units, and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6800 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 180 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6800 XT should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT will be quite a bit (about 385%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		525600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 417168 (385%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 161312 (223%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few 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.