GeForce RTX 2080 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1552 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2560 Stream Processors, 80 TAUs, 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		215 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (65%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 2080 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		458752 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 229376 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2080 will be much (more or less 125%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		278760 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 154600 (125%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2080 is superior to the GeForce RTX 3050, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2080		96960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 47296 (95%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.