GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which makes use of a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1365 MHz. The GDDR6X RAM runs at a speed of 1188 MHz on this card. It features 10240 SPUs as well as 320 Texture Address Units and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		350 Watts
	Difference: 275 Watts (367%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		934297 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 848281 (986%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should be much (approximately 554%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		436800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 369984 (554%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should be much (about 358%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		152880 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 119472 (358%)

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 transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.