GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which uses a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1320 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1875 MHz on this specific card. It features 3584 SPUs along with 112 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 580		244 Watts
	Difference: 74 Watts (44%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3060 will be 92% faster than the GeForce GTX 580 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be much (more or less 199%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be much (approximately 71%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 580, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the 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 - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.