GeForce GTX 860M vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1875 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit bus, and uses 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 860M		45 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (278%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 860M in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 304640 (476%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is a lot (more or less 93%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 860M. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		76512 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 71328 (93%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be quite a bit (approximately 397%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 860M, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		12752 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 50608 (397%)

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 MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core 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 in a second.

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