GeForce GTX 580 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which features core clock speeds of 1552 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 2560 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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, the GeForce RTX 3050 should be a little 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 much (more or less 151%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is a better choice, by a large margin. (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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.