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GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs GeForce RTX 3050

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The GeForce GTX 580 3GB has a core clock speed of 772 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1002 MHz. It also features a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which has a clock speed of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 8 nm design. It is made up 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 580 3GB 244 Watts
Difference: 114 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3050 will be 19% faster than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050 229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB 192384 MB/sec
Difference: 36992 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be a lot (more or less 151%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050 124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB 49408 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 74752 (151%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be a lot (more or less 34%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050 49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB 37056 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 12608 (34%)

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 GTX 580 3GB GeForce RTX 3050
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year November 2010 January 2022
Code Name GF110 Ampere GA106-150-KA-A1
Memory 3072 MB 8192 MB
Core Speed 772 MHz 1552 MHz
Memory Speed 4008 MHz 3500 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 244 watts 130 watts
Bandwidth 192384 MB/sec 229376 MB/sec
Texel Rate 49408 Mtexels/sec 124160 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 37056 Mpixels/sec 49664 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 512 2560
Texture Mapping Units 64 80
Render Output Units 48 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR6
Bus Width 384-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 8 nm
Transistors 3000 million 12000 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few 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.

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GeForce GTX 580 3GB

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