GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1320 MHz, and (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 1875 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 3584 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB		143 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 27 Watts (19%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB		63360 MB/sec
	Difference: 305280 (482%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be quite a bit (about 500%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB		24624 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 123216 (500%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 will be much (about 518%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB		10260 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 53100 (518%)

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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.