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GeForce RTX 3050 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

The GeForce RTX 3050 uses a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1552 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 670, which comes with core speeds of 915 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1344 SPUs along with 112 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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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

Performance-wise, the GeForce RTX 3050 should theoretically be a bit better than the Geforce GTX 670 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be a lot (approximately 21%) better at texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 670. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If running with 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
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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce RTX 3050 Geforce GTX 670
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year January 2022 May 2012
Code Name Ampere GA106-150-KA-A1 GK104
Memory 8192 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 1552 MHz 915 MHz
Memory Speed 1750 GB/s 6000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 130 watts 170 watts
Bandwidth 229376 MB/sec 192000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 124160 Mtexels/sec 102480 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 49664 Mpixels/sec 29280 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 2560 1344
Texture Mapping Units 80 112
Render Output Units 32 32
Bus Type GDDR6 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 8 nm 28 nm
Transistors 12000 million 3540 million
Bus PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.2

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably 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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