GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which makes use of a 8 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1320 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a frequency of 1875 MHz on this card. It features 3584 SPUs along with 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 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (26%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3060 will be 175% quicker than the GeForce GTX 470 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
	Difference: 234720 (175%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be quite a bit (more or less 335%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 113848 (335%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (about 161%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 470, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 39080 (161%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.