GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which comes with core clock speeds of 1320 MHz on the GPU, and 1875 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 112 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		40 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (325%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 362240 (5660%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (about 8113%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM). (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		1800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 146040 (8113%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62460 (6940%)

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.