GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

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

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3050 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 560 overall. (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

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is a better choice, and very much so. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.