GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which features a core clock speed of 1575 MHz and a GDDR6X memory speed of 1188 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is comprised of 6144 SPUs, 192 Texture Address Units, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (16%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
	Difference: 114995 (23%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should be a bit (approximately 5%) better at AF than the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14400 (5%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should be quite a bit (more or less 43%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 45600 (43%)

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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.