GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which has a core clock frequency of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1400 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (18%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3050 should theoretically be much superior to the Radeon R7 370 4G in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 50176 (28%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be a lot (approximately 99%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 61760 (99%)

Pixel Rate

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

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18464 (59%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.