GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1320 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 3584 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
	Difference: 73728 (25%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be a bit (more or less 3%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3840 (3%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is the winner, but not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8640 (14%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.