GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which makes use of a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1410 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 4864 SPUs as well as 152 Texture Address Units and 80 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1070, in theory, should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 262144 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will be just a bit (approximately 19%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1070. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33600 (19%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is a better choice, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16416 (17%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.