GeForce GTX 965M 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 memory running at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also 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 965M		60 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (183%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 965M overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 304640 (476%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be quite a bit (approximately 145%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 965M. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 87424 (145%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be quite a bit (approximately 110%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 965M, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 33152 (110%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.