GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which comes with core clock speeds of 2321 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2560 SPUs along with 160 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6700 XT is 100% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be a lot (more or less 208%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 250880 (208%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT should be a lot (approximately 105%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 1060, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of 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.