GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, which makes use of a 4 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 2310 MHz. The GDDR6X memory is set to run at a speed of 1313 MHz on this specific model. It features 7680 SPUs along with 240 TAUs and 80 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		285 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (68%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		516096 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 147456 (40%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti will be quite a bit (approximately 275%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		554400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 406560 (275%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is quite a bit (approximately 192%) more effective at AA than the GeForce RTX 3060, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		184800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 121440 (192%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.