GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3050, which features a core clock frequency of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It features 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 GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3050 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 114688 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is quite a bit (approximately 101%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 62240 (101%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is just a bit (about 20%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8384 (20%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.