GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition, which comes with a clock frequency of 1680 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 2560 SPUs, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		235 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (38%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		458752 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 90112 (24%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition should be quite a bit (approximately 82%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		268800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 120960 (82%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition		107520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 44160 (70%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen 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 amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.