GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which features core clock speeds of 1717 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 1408 SPUs as well as 88 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory be much faster than the Radeon RX 5500 XT in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 139264 (61%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT will be just a bit (about 2%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3256 (2%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is a small bit (about 15%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 5500 XT, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8416 (15%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated 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 processed per second.

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