GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 3090

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3070		220 Watts
GeForce RTX 3090		350 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (59%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3090 will be -100% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3070 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		958668 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3070		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 958668 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3090 should be a lot (approximately 66%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3070. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		457560 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3070		276000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 181560 (66%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3090 is superior to the GeForce RTX 3070, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		156240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3070		144000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12240 (9%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). 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 potential to get to the maximum fill rate.