GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 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 set to run at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 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 GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3060 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 314240 (578%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be much (approximately 740%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 130240 (740%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (about 1340%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 58960 (1340%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better 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 a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.