GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which features a clock speed of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1875 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is comprised of 3584 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1070 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 106496 (41%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be a lot (more or less 22%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32880 (22%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be much (about 52%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3060, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 33024 (52%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.