GeForce RTX 3050 vs Geforce GTX 1080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1480 MHz, and 11264 MB of GDDR5X RAM set to run at 1376 MHz through a 352-bit bus. It also is made up of 3584 Stream Processors, 224 TAUs, and 88 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce RTX 3050 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		495616 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 266240 (116%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should be quite a bit (about 167%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		331520 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 207360 (167%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti is superior to the GeForce RTX 3050, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		130240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 80576 (162%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.