GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3050, which comes with a core clock speed of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency 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 TAUs, 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 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 89 Watts (68%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3050 should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 570 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 77376 (51%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be quite a bit (about 183%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 80240 (183%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be a lot (approximately 70%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 570, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		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

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

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