GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1156 MHz. The HBM2 RAM runs at a speed of 1600 MHz on this model. It features 3584 SPUs along with 224 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (24%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX Vega 56 should in theory perform just a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 50790 (14%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 should be quite a bit (more or less 75%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 111104 (75%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be a little bit (about 17%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3060, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10624 (17%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

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