GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which makes use of a 8 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1260 MHz. The GDDR6X RAM works at a speed of 1188 MHz on this model. It features 8960 SPUs along with 280 Texture Address Units and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 234 Watts (202%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 835802 (849%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be quite a bit (about 1125%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 324000 (1125%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be much (more or less 553%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 119520 (553%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.