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GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon R9 280

Intro

The GeForce RTX 3050 makes use of a 8 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1552 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 280, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 933 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1250 MHz on this model. It features 1792 SPUs as well as 112 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050 130 Watts
Radeon R9 280 250 Watts
Difference: 120 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R9 280 should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 280 240000 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050 229376 MB/sec
Difference: 10624 (5%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be a little bit (about 19%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R9 280. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050 124160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 280 104496 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 19664 (19%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050 49664 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 280 29856 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 19808 (66%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce RTX 3050 Radeon R9 280
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year January 2022 March 2014
Code Name Ampere GA106-150-KA-A1 Tahiti Pro
Memory 8192 MB 3072 MB
Core Speed 1552 MHz 933 MHz
Memory Speed 1750 GB/s 5000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 130 watts 250 watts
Bandwidth 229376 MB/sec 240000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 124160 Mtexels/sec 104496 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 49664 Mpixels/sec 29856 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 2560 1792
Texture Mapping Units 80 112
Render Output Units 32 32
Bus Type GDDR6 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 384-bit
Fab Process 8 nm 28 nm
Transistors 12000 million 4313 million
Bus PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce RTX 3050

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