GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 3050, which has a core clock frequency of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is comprised of 2560 SPUs, 80 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 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3050 is 79% faster than the GeForce GTX 560 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 101248 (79%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be a lot (about 174%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 78800 (174%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be a lot (about 92%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23744 (92%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.