GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which features core speeds of 1552 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 2560 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (24%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3050 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 171776 (298%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be much (approximately 270%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 90560 (270%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be a lot (more or less 417%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40064 (417%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.