GeForce RTX 3060 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 670, which features GPU clock speed of 915 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1500 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1344 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory be much superior to the Geforce GTX 670 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
	Difference: 176640 (92%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is quite a bit (approximately 44%) more effective at AF than the Geforce GTX 670. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 45360 (44%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be quite a bit (approximately 116%) better at anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 670, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 34080 (116%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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 AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 fill 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 reach the max fill rate.