GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which features core clock speeds of 1825 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 16384 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 4608 SPUs along with 288 TAUs and 128 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon RX 6800 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 170 Watts (131%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 6800 XT should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce RTX 3050 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		524288 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 294912 (129%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT should be much (about 323%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		525600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 401440 (323%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is quite a bit (about 370%) better at FSAA than the GeForce RTX 3050, and able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 183936 (370%)

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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.