GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which features core speeds of 1260 MHz on the GPU, and 1188 MHz on the 12288 MB of GDDR6X memory. It features 8960 SPUs as well as 280 TAUs and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 180 Watts (106%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
	Difference: 806042 (628%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be quite a bit (about 571%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 300192 (571%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be much (approximately 436%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 114816 (436%)

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 transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This 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 card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.