GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3050, which makes use of a 8 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1552 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a speed 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 2060 Super		175 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (35%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		458752 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 229376 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be a lot (more or less 61%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		199920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 75760 (61%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super should be quite a bit (more or less 89%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3050, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super		94080 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 44416 (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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.