GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1320 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 3584 Stream Processors, 112 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970M		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060, in theory, should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 970M overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 272640 (284%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is quite a bit (more or less 100%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 970M. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		73920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 73920 (100%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is quite a bit (more or less 43%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 970M, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		44352 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19008 (43%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a 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 - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.