GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3050, which has core clock speeds of 1552 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2560 SPUs along with 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 580		244 Watts
	Difference: 114 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3050 should be a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 580 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580		192384 MB/sec
	Difference: 36992 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be a lot (approximately 151%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 74752 (151%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is quite a bit (approximately 34%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 580, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12608 (34%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of 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 better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.