GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1875 MHz. It also features a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It 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 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is 71% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3060 overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		630784 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 262144 (71%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti will be much (approximately 148%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		367200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 219360 (148%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		118800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 55440 (88%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.