GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 590, which features a core clock speed of 1469 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 12 nm design. It is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory be a lot superior to the Radeon RX 590 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 106496 (41%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 will be much (more or less 43%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 63696 (43%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (about 35%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 590, and capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16352 (35%)

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

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.