GeForce GTX 950M vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1260 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR6X RAM running at 1188 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 8960 SPUs, 280 TAUs, and 112 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 295 Watts (536%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 950M overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 902298 (2820%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be a lot (about 865%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 316240 (865%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 950M, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 126496 (865%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.