GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 470, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1650 MHz on this specific model. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory be much faster than the Radeon RX 470 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 157440 (75%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is a lot (approximately 25%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 470. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29312 (25%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be much (about 114%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 470, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 33728 (114%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high 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 number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.