GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which features a clock speed of 1260 MHz and a GDDR6X memory speed of 1188 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It is made up of 8960 SPUs, 280 TAUs, and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 131 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be 515% faster than the GeForce GTX 570 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 782298 (515%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be much (about 703%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 308880 (703%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 570, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 111840 (382%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.