GeForce GTX 960M vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 285 Watts (438%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 960M overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 870298 (1360%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be a lot (more or less 705%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 308960 (705%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 123584 (705%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.