GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1650 MHz on this specific model. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3050 should theoretically be a bit superior to the Radeon RX 470 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 18176 (9%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be a small bit (approximately 5%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 470. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5632 (5%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20032 (68%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). 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 max fill rate.