GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, which has a core clock frequency of 2310 MHz and a GDDR6X memory frequency of 1313 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 4 nm design. It is comprised of 7680 SPUs, 240 Texture Address Units, and 80 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 580 3GB		244 Watts
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		285 Watts
	Difference: 41 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		516096 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		192384 MB/sec
	Difference: 323712 (168%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti will be a lot (approximately 1022%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		554400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 504992 (1022%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		184800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 147744 (399%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.