GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 6600 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6600 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1968 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this specific card. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6600 XT is 33% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (33%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is a lot (more or less 109%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		251904 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 131424 (109%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is much (approximately 74%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 1060, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		125952 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 53664 (74%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.