GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6700 XT, which comes with clock speeds of 2321 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2560 SPUs along with 160 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon RX 6700 XT		230 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (77%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6700 XT should be a lot faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		393216 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 163840 (71%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is quite a bit (about 199%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		371360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 247200 (199%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6700 XT is much (about 199%) more effective at AA than the GeForce RTX 3050, and able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6700 XT		148544 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 98880 (199%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.