GeForce RTX 3050 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 760, which features a clock speed of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1152 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3050 should in theory be a small bit better than the Geforce GTX 760 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 37120 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is much (about 32%) better at AF than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30080 (32%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18304 (58%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.