GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 6600 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6600 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1968 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon RX 6600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (23%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6600 XT should be 14% faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		262144 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (14%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is a lot (approximately 103%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		251904 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 127744 (103%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6600 XT is superior to the GeForce RTX 3050, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600 XT		125952 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 76288 (154%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.