GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which features core speeds of 1320 MHz on the GPU, and 1875 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 3584 SPUs along with 112 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060, in theory, should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1080 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
	Difference: 40960 (13%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 should be much (about 74%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 109280 (74%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is a lot (about 62%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.