GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which has GPU clock speed of 1410 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 4864 Stream Processors, 152 TAUs, and 80 Raster Operation Units.

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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

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1070 should be -100% faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti should be a bit (about 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

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti should be just a bit (about 17%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1070, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum 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 better this number, the better the 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 number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.