GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3060, which has clock speeds of 1320 MHz on the GPU, and 1875 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 112 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory be just a bit better than the GeForce GTX 980 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
	Difference: 32640 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a bit (approximately 19%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28160 (19%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is quite a bit (more or less 52%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3060, and will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32640 (52%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.