GeForce GTX 950 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which features core clock speeds of 1320 MHz on the GPU, and 1875 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory. 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 GTX 950		90 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (89%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060 should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 950 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 262912 (249%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (approximately 201%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 98688 (201%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (about 93%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 950, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30592 (93%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 applied in a second.

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