GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 6600

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6600, which features GPU core speed of 1626 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 1792 Stream Processors, 112 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon RX 6600		132 Watts
	Difference: 12 Watts (10%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6600 should in theory be just a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 should be quite a bit (more or less 51%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		182112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 61632 (51%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 is quite a bit (about 44%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		104064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31776 (44%)

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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.