GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (23%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should in theory be much superior to the GeForce RTX 3050 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 114688 (50%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is quite a bit (about 59%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 73840 (59%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be a lot (approximately 77%) better at FSAA than the GeForce RTX 3050, and capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38336 (77%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.