GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which has a core clock speed of 1410 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is comprised of 4864 SPUs, 152 Texture Address Units, and 80 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (11%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1080 should theoretically perform just a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 327680 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 will be a bit (about 20%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 42800 (20%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is the winner, but only just. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9952 (10%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated 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 handling 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 can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.