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GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

The GeForce GTX 470 comes with core speeds of 607 MHz on the GPU, and 837 MHz on the 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 448 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 40 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which comes with core clock speeds of 1260 MHz on the GPU, and 1188 MHz on the 12288 MB of GDDR6X memory. 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 470 215 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 350 Watts
Difference: 135 Watts (63%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 470 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 470 133920 MB/sec
Difference: 800378 (598%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be a lot (approximately 938%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470 33992 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 318808 (938%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 470, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470 24280 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 116840 (481%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 470 GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year March 2010 January 2022
Code Name GF100 GA102-220-A1
Memory 1280 MB 12288 MB
Core Speed 607 MHz 1260 MHz
Memory Speed 3348 MHz 2376 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 215 watts 350 watts
Bandwidth 133920 MB/sec 934298 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33992 Mtexels/sec 352800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 24280 Mpixels/sec 141120 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 448 8960
Texture Mapping Units 56 280
Render Output Units 40 112
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR6X
Bus Width 320-bit 384-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 8 nm
Transistors 3000 million 28300 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should 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, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one 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 video 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 that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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