GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that 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 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 4864 SPUs as well as 152 TAUs and 80 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (18%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be just a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 368640 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti should be much (more or less 45%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 66480 (45%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 49440 (78%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.