GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which comes with a clock speed of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (23%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should perform much faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 114688 (50%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is much (approximately 59%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 73840 (59%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 XT is superior to the GeForce RTX 3050, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38336 (77%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.