GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which has GPU clock speed of 1320 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also 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 GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (467%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 319488 (650%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (more or less 265%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 107360 (265%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be a lot (approximately 213%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GT 1030, and also capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 43120 (213%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling 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 can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.