GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which features a clock frequency of 970 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1425 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1792 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3050 is 26% quicker than the Radeon R9 380 2G overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 46976 (26%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is just a bit (more or less 14%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 380 2G. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15520 (14%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be much (about 60%) better at AA than the Radeon R9 380 2G, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18624 (60%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

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