GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which features GPU clock speed of 2321 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2560 Stream Processors, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 196608 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT should be much (about 242%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 262928 (242%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6700 XT is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 76256 (105%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core 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 output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.