GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which comes with a clock frequency of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1875 MHz. It also features a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It features 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 GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 172032 (88%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be much (more or less 36%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 39408 (36%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a better choice, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8928 (14%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.