GeForce RTX 3060 vs Geforce GTX 690

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 690, which features core speeds of 915 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
Geforce GTX 690		300 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (76%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 690 should theoretically perform just a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		384512 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
	Difference: 15872 (4%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 is much (approximately 58%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3060. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		234240 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 86400 (58%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is the winner, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4800 (8%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.