GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare all that 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 runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 2560 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (333%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3050 should be 367% faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 180224 (367%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is quite a bit (about 207%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 83680 (207%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29424 (145%)

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 across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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 high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video 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 Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.