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GeForce RTX 3050 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

The GeForce RTX 3050 has a core clock frequency of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It features 2560 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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

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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: 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.

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