GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1552 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 2560 Stream Processors, 80 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970M		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3050 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 970M overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 133376 (139%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be quite a bit (approximately 68%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 970M. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		73920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 50240 (68%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is the winner, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		44352 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5312 (12%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.