GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which makes use of a 8 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1320 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a speed of 1875 MHz on this model. It features 3584 SPUs along with 112 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (467%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be much faster than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 319488 (650%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be much (approximately 265%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 107360 (265%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 43120 (213%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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