GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which makes use of a 5 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1855 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a frequency of 2500 MHz on this particular model. It features 6144 SPUs as well as 384 TAUs and 192 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon RX 7900 XTX		355 Watts
	Difference: 235 Watts (196%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 400% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX will be a lot (about 491%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		712320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 591840 (491%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX will be much (approximately 393%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		356160 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.