GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon VII

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon VII, which has core speeds of 1400 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 16384 MB of HBM2 memory. It features 3840 SPUs as well as 240 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Radeon VII		295 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (74%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon VII should be a lot faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 overall. (explain)

Radeon VII		1048576 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 679936 (184%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon VII will be quite a bit (more or less 127%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon VII		336000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 188160 (127%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon VII is superior to the GeForce RTX 3060, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon VII		89600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26240 (41%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.