GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX Vega 64

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX Vega 64, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1247 MHz. The HBM2 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1890 MHz on this model. It features 4096 SPUs along with 256 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 64		295 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (74%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX Vega 64 is 34% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3060 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 64		495411 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 126771 (34%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 64 should be quite a bit (about 116%) better at AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 64		319232 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 171392 (116%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX Vega 64 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 64		79808 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16448 (26%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated 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 rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.