GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which has a clock speed of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1400 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (18%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3050 is 28% quicker than the Radeon R7 370 2G in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 50176 (28%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be much (approximately 99%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 61760 (99%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be quite a bit (approximately 59%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R7 370 2G, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 applied 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 texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip 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 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 of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.