GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3050, which uses a 8 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1552 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 2560 SPUs along with 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

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is a lot (more or less 155%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is much (about 113%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3050, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.