GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3050, which comes with a clock speed of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3050 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 114688 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be much (about 129%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 70000 (129%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is a bit (about 15%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 1050, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6336 (15%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.