GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which comes with core speeds of 926 MHz on the GPU, and 1650 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3050 is 9% faster than the Radeon RX 470 4GB in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 18176 (9%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be a small bit (approximately 5%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 470 4GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5632 (5%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is superior to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could 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 sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.