GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6900 XT, which has a core clock speed of 1825 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is made up of 5120 SPUs, 320 TAUs, and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6900 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 180 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6900 XT should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		524288 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 327680 (167%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6900 XT should be a lot (approximately 439%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		584000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 475568 (439%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6900 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.