GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1825 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this model. It features 4608 SPUs as well as 288 Texture Address Units and 128 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Radeon RX 6800 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (76%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6800 XT will be 42% faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		524288 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 155648 (42%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is a lot (about 256%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		525600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 377760 (256%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 XT is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 170240 (269%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.