GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which comes with a core clock speed of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1875 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is comprised of 3584 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (62%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3060 is 540% quicker than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 311040 (540%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is quite a bit (more or less 340%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 114240 (340%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be a lot (about 560%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 53760 (560%)

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.