GeForce RTX 3060 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 670, which features a core clock frequency of 915 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1500 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1344 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the Geforce GTX 670 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
	Difference: 176640 (92%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be a lot (approximately 44%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Geforce GTX 670. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 45360 (44%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 34080 (116%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.