GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which comes with core clock 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 460		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (133%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be quite a bit 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 will be much (approximately 833%) faster with regards to 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

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be much (approximately 771%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 460, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.