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GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

The GeForce GTX 580 3GB comes with core speeds of 772 MHz on the GPU, and 1002 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 512 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which uses a 8 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1552 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 2560 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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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 is 19% quicker than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is much (approximately 151%) better at 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

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is the winner, and very much so. (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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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