GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which has a clock frequency of 1552 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 8 nm design. It is made up 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 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3050 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
	Difference: 101120 (79%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be much (approximately 136%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 71552 (136%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be quite a bit (approximately 89%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23360 (89%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics 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 Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.