GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which comes with core clock speeds of 1605 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 TAUs 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		225 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5700 XT, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is a lot (approximately 74%) better at AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 108960 (74%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is much (about 62%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 39360 (62%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.