GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which comes with a clock speed of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It is made up of 2560 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070 Super		215 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (65%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		458752 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 229376 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super will be much (about 107%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 132640 (107%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super should be quite a bit (more or less 107%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3050, and able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 53056 (107%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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 reach the maximum fill rate.