GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1365 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR6X RAM set to run at 1188 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 10240 Stream Processors, 320 Texture Address Units, and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should in theory be much better than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		934297 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 704921 (307%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should be a lot (about 252%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		436800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 312640 (252%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will be much (about 208%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce RTX 3050, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		152880 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 103216 (208%)

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 MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel 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 ability to get to the maximum fill rate.