GeForce GTX 460 1GB vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which uses a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1260 MHz. The GDDR6X RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1188 MHz on this particular card. It features 8960 SPUs as well as 280 Texture Address Units and 112 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		160 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 190 Watts (119%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		115200 MB/sec
	Difference: 819098 (711%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is a lot (approximately 833%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 315000 (833%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 119520 (553%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.