GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which features GPU core speed of 1320 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 3584 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 980 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980 Ti		336000 MB/sec
	Difference: 32640 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti will be a little bit (more or less 19%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		176000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28160 (19%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 Ti is superior to the GeForce RTX 3060, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980 Ti		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32640 (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.