GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 6600

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6600, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1626 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 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 6600		132 Watts
	Difference: 12 Watts (10%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 6600 should in theory be a bit better 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 should be quite a bit (about 51%) more effective 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

The Radeon RX 6600 is a lot (about 44%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1060, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at 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 card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant 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.