GeForce RTX 3050 vs Geforce GTX 770

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 770, which features GPU core speed of 1046 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1753 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1536 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Geforce GTX 770		230 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (77%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3050 should be a little bit faster than the Geforce GTX 770 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 770		224384 MB/sec
	Difference: 4992 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 770 is a small bit (more or less 8%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		133888 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9728 (8%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is superior to the Geforce GTX 770, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 770		33472 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16192 (48%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.