GeForce GTX 880M vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which has a core clock speed of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1875 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is made up of 3584 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 880M		130 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 880M in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 880M		128000 MB/sec
	Difference: 240640 (188%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be quite a bit (more or less 21%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 880M. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 880M		122112 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25728 (21%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 880M		30528 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32832 (108%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.