GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 4080

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 4080, which features clock speeds of 2205 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 16384 MB of GDDR6X memory. It features 9728 SPUs as well as 304 Texture Address Units and 112 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
GeForce RTX 4080		320 Watts
	Difference: 190 Watts (146%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 4080 is 220% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4080		734003 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 504627 (220%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4080 will be a lot (about 440%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4080		670320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 546160 (440%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 4080 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4080		246960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 197296 (397%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, 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 texture units of the card 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the 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 - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.