GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3090

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3090, which features a core clock speed of 1395 MHz and a GDDR6X memory frequency of 1219 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It features 10496 SPUs, 328 TAUs, and 112 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce RTX 3090		350 Watts
	Difference: 320 Watts (1067%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3090 will be 1850% quicker than the GeForce GT 1030 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		958668 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 909516 (1850%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3090 should be quite a bit (more or less 1030%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		457560 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 417080 (1030%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3090 is much (more or less 672%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 1030, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		156240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 136000 (672%)

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out 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 rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.