GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which features clock speeds of 1552 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 2560 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3050 should be 167% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 143360 (167%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be much (about 86%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57344 (86%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be much (more or less 49%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16256 (49%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core 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 output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.