GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which has GPU clock speed of 1575 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6X memory set to run at 1188 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 6144 Stream Processors, 192 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (71%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is 69% faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 254259 (69%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is much (more or less 105%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 154560 (105%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is superior to the GeForce RTX 3060, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 87840 (139%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.