GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 560, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1175 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (113%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be 221% faster than the Radeon RX 560 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 253952 (221%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (approximately 97%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 560. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 72640 (97%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is a lot (approximately 237%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon RX 560, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 44560 (237%)

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

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated 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 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 most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.