GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce RTX 2070

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 2070, which comes with a clock speed of 1410 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 12 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (133%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 372736 (433%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be a lot (approximately 204%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 136224 (204%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 will be a lot (approximately 170%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 56832 (170%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of 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 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.