GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which comes with a clock speed of 1575 MHz and a GDDR6X memory frequency of 1188 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It features 6144 SPUs, 192 TAUs, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (71%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 254259 (69%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will be much (approximately 105%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 154560 (105%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is quite a bit (about 139%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 87840 (139%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write 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 core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.