GeForce RTX 3050 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 670, which has a clock speed of 915 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1500 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1344 SPUs, 112 TAUs, 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

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3050 should be a little bit faster 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 is quite a bit (about 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

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is superior to the Geforce GTX 670, by a large margin. (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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.