GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which has core clock speeds of 1260 MHz on the GPU, and 1188 MHz on the 12288 MB of GDDR6X memory. It features 8960 SPUs as well as 280 Texture Address Units and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 275 Watts (367%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be 715% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 819610 (715%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be quite a bit (about 470%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 290880 (470%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 99840 (242%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.