GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It features 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 2080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce RTX 3050 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		630784 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 401408 (175%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti will be quite a bit (approximately 196%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		367200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 243040 (196%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		118800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69136 (139%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.