GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3060, which has GPU clock speed of 1320 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 3584 Stream Processors, 112 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060 should theoretically be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1080 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
	Difference: 40960 (13%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is a lot (about 74%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 109280 (74%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is much (about 62%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce RTX 3060, and will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 39488 (62%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 per second.

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