GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce RTX 3090

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3090, which comes with a core clock speed of 1395 MHz and a GDDR6X memory frequency of 1219 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It features 10496 SPUs, 328 Texture Address Units, and 112 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3090		350 Watts
	Difference: 275 Watts (367%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3090 should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		958668 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 872652 (1015%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3090 will be much (more or less 585%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		457560 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 390744 (585%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3090 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3090		156240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 122832 (368%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher 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 number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.