GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (133%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 460 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 847898 (981%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be a lot (about 833%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If using 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		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 124920 (771%)

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.