GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which uses a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1320 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1875 MHz on this specific model. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 112 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator 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

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 is 41% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is quite a bit (about 65%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be much (approximately 62%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce RTX 3060, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

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