GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3060, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1320 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 3584 Stream Processors, 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 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 49 Watts (29%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3060 should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 570 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 216640 (143%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be much (more or less 237%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 103920 (237%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.