GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce RTX 3060

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3060, which features a core clock frequency of 1320 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1875 MHz. It also features a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It is made up of 3584 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3060, in theory, should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 282624 (329%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 is much (approximately 121%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 81024 (121%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29952 (90%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.