GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3050, which comes with a core clock speed of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is made up of 2560 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (62%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3050 will be 59% quicker than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
	Difference: 85376 (59%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be quite a bit (more or less 203%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 83168 (203%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be quite a bit (about 70%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20384 (70%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of 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.