GeForce GT 230 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1410 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 4864 Stream Processors, 152 TAUs, and 80 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 230		65 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (208%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 230 should be -100% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GT 230		38400 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 38400 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti should be quite a bit (more or less 2335%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 230. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 230		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 205520 (2335%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 230		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 108400 (2464%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core 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 output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.