GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which uses a 8 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1320 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a frequency of 1875 MHz on this card. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 112 Texture Address Units and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be much faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 314240 (578%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is quite a bit (about 740%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 130240 (740%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is quite a bit (about 1340%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 58960 (1340%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of 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 per second.

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