GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3060, which comes with core speeds of 1320 MHz on the GPU, and 1875 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 3584 SPUs along with 112 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070 Super		215 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (26%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2070 Super should theoretically be much better than the GeForce RTX 3060 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		458752 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 90112 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super will be a lot (about 74%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 108960 (74%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 Super is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 39360 (62%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.