GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3050, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It features 2560 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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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

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3050 should in theory be a lot 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 will be much (about 183%) better at AF 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 should be quite a bit (approximately 70%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 570, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.