GeForce RTX 2070 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3060, which uses a 8 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1320 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 1875 MHz on this specific card. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 112 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2070 should in theory be much better than the GeForce RTX 3060 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 90112 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be much (approximately 37%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 55200 (37%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26880 (42%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, 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 higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). 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 potential to get to the maximum fill rate.