GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 4090

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 4090, which has core clock speeds of 2235 MHz on the GPU, and 1325 MHz on the 24576 MB of GDDR6X memory. It features 16384 SPUs as well as 512 TAUs and 176 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce RTX 4090		450 Watts
	Difference: 280 Watts (165%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 4090 is 183% faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4090		1042432 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 673792 (183%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4090 will be quite a bit (more or less 674%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4090		1144320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 996480 (674%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4090 should be quite a bit (more or less 521%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4090		393360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 330000 (521%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within 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 RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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