GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 6600

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6600, which features a clock speed of 1626 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 1792 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon RX 6600		132 Watts
	Difference: 2 Watts (2%)

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have the exact same memory bandwidth, so theoretically they should have the same performance. (explain)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 should be a lot (approximately 47%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		182112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57952 (47%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6600 is quite a bit (approximately 110%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3050, and able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 6600		104064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54400 (110%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 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 number of Render Output Units by the the core 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 maximum fill rate.