GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 480 4GB should be -100% faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 229376 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will be quite a bit (approximately 33%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX 480 4GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 53040 (33%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will be a lot (about 215%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 480 4GB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 76960 (215%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.