GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which has a clock frequency of 1260 MHz and a GDDR6X memory speed of 1188 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is made up of 8960 SPUs, 280 TAUs, and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 61 Watts (21%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is 318% faster than the GeForce GTX 295 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
	Difference: 710522 (318%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be much (approximately 283%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 295. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 260640 (283%)

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 295, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 108864 (338%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

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