GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce RTX 3060 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		630784 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 262144 (71%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti will be a lot (approximately 148%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		367200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 219360 (148%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		118800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 55440 (88%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number 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 the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.