GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which features GPU core speed of 1260 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR6X RAM running at 1188 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is made up of 8960 Stream Processors, 280 Texture Address Units, 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 a lot faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall. (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 (more or less 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

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is the winner, by a large margin. (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.