GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3050, which features core speeds of 1552 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		250 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should perform much faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		507904 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 278528 (121%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER will be much (about 155%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		316800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 192640 (155%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER		105600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 55936 (113%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.