GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which has GPU clock speed of 1320 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 3584 Stream Processors, 112 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 is 229% faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 256640 (229%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is much (more or less 105%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 75712 (105%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is quite a bit (more or less 76%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27296 (76%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.