GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which has a core clock speed of 1260 MHz and a GDDR6X memory speed of 1188 MHz. It also features a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It features 8960 SPUs, 280 TAUs, and 112 Raster Operation 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

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 in general. (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 should be much (approximately 184%) better at 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 will be a lot (about 184%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3050, and also able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 graphics card can possibly write 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.