GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which features clock speeds of 1320 MHz on the GPU, and 1875 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 3584 SPUs along with 112 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060 Super		175 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be 24% faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 90112 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be quite a bit (more or less 35%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 52080 (35%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super will be much (about 48%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30720 (48%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.