Compare any two graphics cards:
VS

GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 6600

Intro

The GeForce RTX 3050 makes use of a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1552 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 2560 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6600, which has clock speeds of 1626 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050 130 Watts
Radeon RX 6600 132 Watts
Difference: 2 Watts (2%)

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have the exact same bandwidth, so theoretically they should have the same performance. (explain)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 should be a lot (approximately 47%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 182112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050 124160 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 57952 (47%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 will be quite a bit (approximately 110%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce RTX 3050, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 104064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050 49664 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 54400 (110%)

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

Display Prices

Hide Prices

GeForce RTX 3050

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon RX 6600

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

Specifications

Display Specifications

Hide Specifications

Model GeForce RTX 3050 Radeon RX 6600
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year January 2022 October 2021
Code Name Ampere GA106-150-KA-A1 Navi 23
Memory 8192 MB 8192 MB
Core Speed 1552 MHz 1626 MHz
Memory Speed 1750 GB/s 1750 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 130 watts 132 watts
Bandwidth 229376 MB/sec 229376 MB/sec
Texel Rate 124160 Mtexels/sec 182112 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 49664 Mpixels/sec 104064 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 2560 1792
Texture Mapping Units 80 112
Render Output Units 32 64
Bus Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 8 nm 7 nm
Transistors 12000 million 11060 million
Bus PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 the video card can 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 ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

Display Prices

Hide Prices

GeForce RTX 3050

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon RX 6600

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

Comments

Be the first to leave a comment!

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*

WordPress Anti Spam by WP-SpamShield