GeForce GTX 850M vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which features a core clock speed of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1875 MHz. It also features a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It is made up of 3584 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 850M		40 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (325%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3060 should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 850M in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 850M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 336640 (1052%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be quite a bit (about 322%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 850M. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 850M		35040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 112800 (322%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be much (more or less 352%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 850M, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 850M		14016 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 49344 (352%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a 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 worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.