GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which features a core clock frequency of 1365 MHz and a GDDR6X memory frequency of 1188 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It features 10240 SPUs, 320 TAUs, and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		350 Watts
	Difference: 180 Watts (106%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will be 153% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3060 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		934297 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 565657 (153%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should be quite a bit (about 195%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		436800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 288960 (195%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should be a lot (approximately 141%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3060, and able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		152880 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 89520 (141%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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