GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which features GPU clock speed of 1365 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR6X memory set to run at 1188 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 10240 Stream Processors, 320 TAUs, and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		350 Watts
	Difference: 230 Watts (192%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		934297 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 822297 (734%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is quite a bit (approximately 506%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		436800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 364672 (506%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should be much (approximately 324%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		152880 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 116816 (324%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number 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 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 most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.