GeForce 940M vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3060, which features a clock speed of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1875 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and uses 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

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be 2204% faster than the GeForce 940M overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce 940M		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 352640 (2204%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be quite a bit (approximately 475%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 940M. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 940M		25728 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 122112 (475%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 940M		8576 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54784 (639%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.