GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications 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 memory bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 89 Watts (68%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3050 should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 570 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 77376 (51%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is quite a bit (about 183%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 80240 (183%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be quite a bit (about 70%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 570, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 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 AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.