GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which has core speeds of 1552 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2560 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3050 is 100% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is quite a bit (approximately 129%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 70000 (129%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is a better choice, though only just barely. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6336 (15%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better 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 maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.