GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which uses a 5 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1855 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a speed of 2500 MHz on this particular model. It features 6144 SPUs as well as 384 TAUs 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 XTX		355 Watts
	Difference: 235 Watts (196%)

Memory Bandwidth

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

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		983040 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 786432 (400%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX should be quite a bit (approximately 557%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		712320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 603888 (557%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 7900 XTX is superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		356160 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 283872 (393%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.