GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 7900 XT, which has a clock speed of 1500 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2500 MHz. It also makes use of a 320-bit bus, and makes use of a 5 nm design. It features 5376 SPUs, 336 Texture Address Units, and 192 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 7900 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 180 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 7900 XT should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		819200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 622592 (317%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is much (more or less 365%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		504000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 395568 (365%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XT should be much (approximately 298%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		288000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 215712 (298%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.