GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which comes with core speeds of 1260 MHz on the GPU, and 1188 MHz on the 12288 MB of GDDR6X RAM. It features 8960 SPUs as well as 280 TAUs and 112 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 220 Watts (169%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be 307% faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 704922 (307%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is a lot (approximately 184%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 228640 (184%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is a lot (approximately 184%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3050, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 91456 (184%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.