GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which has a clock frequency of 1365 MHz and a GDDR6X memory speed of 1188 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is made up of 10240 SPUs, 320 TAUs, and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		350 Watts
	Difference: 220 Watts (169%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce RTX 3050 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		934297 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 704921 (307%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a lot (about 252%) better at AF than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		436800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 312640 (252%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should be a lot (about 208%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3050, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		152880 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 103216 (208%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.