GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce RTX 2070 Super

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 2070 Super, which features core speeds of 1605 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2560 SPUs along with 160 Texture Address Units 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 Super		215 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (187%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2070 Super should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super will be much (about 284%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 189984 (284%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super will be much (more or less 207%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69312 (207%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.