GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, which features GPU core speed of 1575 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6X RAM running at 1188 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 6144 Stream Processors, 192 Texture Address Units, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 170 Watts (142%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 426291 (217%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should be a lot (more or less 179%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 193968 (179%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will be quite a bit (approximately 109%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 78912 (109%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, 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 is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 applied per second.

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