GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 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 speed 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 3060		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 106496 (41%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be a lot (about 65%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 96424 (65%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 39488 (62%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.