GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce RTX 3050, which uses a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1552 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific card. 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 GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3050 should be a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is just a bit (about 15%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15728 (15%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22624 (46%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.