GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which has core clock speeds of 1320 MHz on the GPU, and 1875 MHz on the (Unknown) MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 3584 SPUs as well as 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

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2070 Super should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce RTX 3060 in general. (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

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a lot (about 62%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3060, and capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.