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GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

The GeForce GTX 260 features a GPU clock speed of 576 MHz, and the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory is set to run at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also is comprised of 192 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which features GPU clock speed of 1260 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR6X memory set to run at 1188 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 8960 SPUs, 280 TAUs, and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 260 182 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 350 Watts
Difference: 168 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 260 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 111888 MB/sec
Difference: 822410 (735%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be a lot (about 857%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 36864 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 315936 (857%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 16128 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 124992 (775%)

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 260 GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year June 16, 2008 January 2022
Code Name G200 GA102-220-A1
Memory 896 MB 12288 MB
Core Speed 576 MHz 1260 MHz
Memory Speed 1998 MHz 2376 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 182 watts 350 watts
Bandwidth 111888 MB/sec 934298 MB/sec
Texel Rate 36864 Mtexels/sec 352800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16128 Mpixels/sec 141120 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 192 8960
Texture Mapping Units 64 280
Render Output Units 28 112
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR6X
Bus Width 448-bit 384-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 8 nm
Transistors 1400 million 28300 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 260

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