GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs Radeon HD 3470 512MB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 3470 512MB, which has a clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 950 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It features 40(8x5) SPUs, 4 Texture Address Units, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should be 2973% quicker than the Radeon HD 3470 512MB in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		934297 MB/sec
Radeon HD 3470 512MB		30400 MB/sec
	Difference: 903897 (2973%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is quite a bit (about 13550%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 3470 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		436800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3470 512MB		3200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 433600 (13550%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will be a lot (more or less 4678%) more effective at AA than the Radeon HD 3470 512MB, and capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		152880 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3470 512MB		3200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 149680 (4678%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.