GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1320 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 3584 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 54 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 270144 (274%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (approximately 413%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 119040 (413%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 41760 (193%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 in one second.

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