GeForce GTX 960M vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which comes with core speeds of 1260 MHz on the GPU, and 1188 MHz on the 12288 MB of GDDR6X RAM. It features 8960 SPUs along with 280 TAUs and 112 ROPs.

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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, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should perform much 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%) more effective at texture filtering 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 a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 960M, by far. (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at 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 graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.