GeForce RTX 3050 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 670, which features a clock frequency of 915 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1500 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1344 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, 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 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3050 should in theory perform a small bit faster than the Geforce GTX 670 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
	Difference: 37376 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be quite a bit (approximately 21%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Geforce GTX 670. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21680 (21%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is quite a bit (about 70%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 670, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20384 (70%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.