GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3060, which features core speeds of 1320 MHz on the GPU, and 1875 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM. 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 GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be 88% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 172032 (88%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (about 23%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27360 (23%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be a bit (about 14%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8928 (14%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. 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 fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.