GeForce RTX 3050 vs Geforce GTX 780

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 780, which features core clock speeds of 863 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2304 SPUs along with 192 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Geforce GTX 780		250 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 780 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 780		288384 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 59008 (26%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 780 will be a lot (about 33%) more effective at AF than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Geforce GTX 780		165696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41536 (33%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be just a bit (about 20%) better at FSAA than the Geforce GTX 780, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 780		41424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8240 (20%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If 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 can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.