GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3060, which has a clock speed of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1875 MHz. It also features a 192-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is made up of 3584 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 will be 108% faster than the GeForce GTX 480 overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
	Difference: 191232 (108%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is quite a bit (about 252%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 105840 (252%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be quite a bit (about 89%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 480, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29760 (89%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.