GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which features core clock speeds of 1410 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 4864 SPUs along with 152 Texture Address Units and 80 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		171 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
	Difference: 29 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm should be -100% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		111888 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 111888 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti should be quite a bit (approximately 417%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 172848 (417%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 96672 (599%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. 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.