GeForce RTX 2060 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which has a clock speed of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1875 MHz. It also features a 192-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It features 3584 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory be a small bit superior to the GeForce RTX 2060 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
	Difference: 24576 (7%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 should be just a bit (approximately 11%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15960 (11%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 is just a bit (approximately 3%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2160 (3%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR 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 calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.