GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3050, which features a core clock speed of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is made up of 2560 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (333%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3050 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 180224 (367%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be a lot (approximately 207%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 83680 (207%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be much (more or less 145%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29424 (145%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.