GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which features GPU clock speed of 1156 MHz, and 8192 MB of HBM2 RAM set to run at 1600 MHz through a 2048-bit bus. It also features 3584 Stream Processors, 224 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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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

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX Vega 56 should in theory be just a bit superior to 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 is much (approximately 75%) faster with regards to texture filtering 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 small bit (approximately 17%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.