GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which has 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 Stream Processors, 112 TAUs, 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 580 3GB		244 Watts
	Difference: 74 Watts (44%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be 92% quicker than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		192384 MB/sec
	Difference: 176256 (92%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be quite a bit (about 199%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 98432 (199%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is superior to the GeForce GTX 580 3GB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26304 (71%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.