GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 3080

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3080, which features core speeds of 1440 MHz on the GPU, and 1188 MHz on the 10240 MB of GDDR6X RAM. It features 8704 SPUs along with 272 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080		320 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (167%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3080 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		778547 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 666547 (595%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 should be much (more or less 443%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		391680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 319552 (443%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080		138240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 102176 (283%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.