GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1825 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 4608 Stream Processors, 288 TAUs, and 128 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
Radeon RX 6800 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 150 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6800 XT should be 100% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1070 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		524288 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 262144 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT will be much (more or less 191%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1070. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		525600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 344880 (191%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT should be much (more or less 142%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1070, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 137216 (142%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.