GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which comes with a core clock speed of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1875 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It is comprised of 3584 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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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

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot faster 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 will be a lot (more or less 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

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (approximately 193%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and also capable of handling higher resolutions better. (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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.