GeForce RTX 3060 vs Nvidia Titan Xp

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Nvidia Titan Xp, which has a clock frequency of 1582 MHz and a GDDR5X memory speed of 1426 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 16 nm design. It features 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Nvidia Titan Xp		250 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Nvidia Titan Xp should perform much faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 in general. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		560845 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 192205 (52%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan Xp will be a lot (more or less 157%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		379680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 231840 (157%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Nvidia Titan Xp is superior to the GeForce RTX 3060, and very much so. (explain)

Nvidia Titan Xp		151872 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 88512 (140%)

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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher 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 amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.