GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce RTX 4080

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 4080, which has a core clock frequency of 2205 MHz and a GDDR6X memory frequency of 1400 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 4 nm design. It is comprised of 9728 SPUs, 304 Texture Address Units, and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 4080		320 Watts
	Difference: 200 Watts (167%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 4080, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4080		734003 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 537395 (273%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4080 is much (about 518%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4080		670320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 561888 (518%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4080 should be much (approximately 242%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and also able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4080		246960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 174672 (242%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. 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 potential to reach the maximum fill rate.