GeForce GTX 460 1GB vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which features GPU core speed of 1260 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR6X RAM set to run at 1188 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 8960 Stream Processors, 280 TAUs, and 112 ROPs.

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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

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB overall. (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 should be quite a bit (about 833%) faster with regards to AF 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

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is a lot (more or less 553%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better 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 maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.