GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 6800

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 6800, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1700 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this particular model. It features 3840 SPUs as well as 240 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon RX 6800		250 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 6800 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6800 will be much (approximately 229%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		408000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 283840 (229%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6800 is superior to the GeForce RTX 3050, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6800		163200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 113536 (229%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.