GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which makes use of 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 as well as 80 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should be 29% faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (29%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should be a small bit (more or less 16%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19840 (16%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is superior to the GeForce RTX 3050, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22336 (45%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.