GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5700, which has a clock speed of 1465 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon RX 5700		180 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (38%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5700 will be 100% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3050 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 229376 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be a lot (more or less 70%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 86800 (70%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 is superior to the GeForce RTX 3050, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 44096 (89%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount 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 output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.