GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1320 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 3584 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is 38% faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 139264 (38%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is quite a bit (more or less 114%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 168960 (114%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is much (more or less 67%) better at AA than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42240 (67%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.