GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which has a clock frequency of 1120 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 will be 61% quicker than the Radeon RX 480 4GB in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 139264 (61%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB should be just a bit (more or less 9%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13440 (9%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be much (about 77%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 480 4GB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27520 (77%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.