GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 480, which features core speeds of 1120 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 should perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 480 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 106496 (41%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 is a small bit (about 9%) better at AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (more or less 77%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon RX 480, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling 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 that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.