GeForce RTX 3060 vs Geforce GTX 1080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1480 MHz. The GDDR5X memory is set to run at a speed of 1376 MHz on this specific model. It features 3584 SPUs along with 224 Texture Address Units and 88 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		495616 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 126976 (34%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti will be a lot (approximately 124%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		331520 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 183680 (124%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti is superior to the GeForce RTX 3060, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		130240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66880 (106%)

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 transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 amount 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 this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number 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 fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.