GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which has a clock frequency of 1260 MHz and a GDDR6X memory frequency of 1188 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It features 8960 SPUs, 280 TAUs, and 112 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		200 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 150 Watts (75%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should in theory be just a bit superior to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		(Unknown) MB/sec
	Difference: 934298 (-100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be a lot (more or less 65%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		214320 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 138480 (65%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be quite a bit (approximately 25%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti		112800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28320 (25%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.