GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which makes use of a 8 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1410 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 4864 SPUs along with 152 TAUs and 80 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 will be -100% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 196608 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti should be a lot (approximately 78%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 93840 (78%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti should be quite a bit (about 56%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 1060, and capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40512 (56%)

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a 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 clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.