GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which features core clock speeds of 1575 MHz on the GPU, and 1188 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6X memory. It features 6144 SPUs as well as 192 TAUs and 96 ROPs.

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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

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will be 23% quicker than the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (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 will be a small bit (approximately 5%) more effective at texture filtering 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

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is superior to the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, and very much so. (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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock 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 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 reach the max fill rate.