GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 6600

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6600, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1626 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 Texture Address Units 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 6600		132 Watts
	Difference: 12 Watts (10%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6600 should perform a small bit faster than 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 will be much (about 51%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6600 is the winner, and very much so. (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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.