GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon VII

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon VII, which has GPU core speed of 1400 MHz, and 16384 MB of HBM2 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 4096-bit bus. It also is comprised of 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon VII		295 Watts
	Difference: 165 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon VII should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall. (explain)

Radeon VII		1048576 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 819200 (357%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon VII will be much (about 171%) better at AF than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon VII		336000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 211840 (171%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon VII is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon VII		89600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 39936 (80%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one 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 - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.