GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon R9 295X2

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 295X2, which comes with a clock speed of 1018 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1250 MHz. It also features a 512-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2816 SPUs, 176 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 370 Watts (285%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 295X2 is 179% faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 410624 (179%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 will be quite a bit (about 189%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 234176 (189%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 295X2 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 80640 (162%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

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