GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 7900 XT, which features GPU clock speed of 1500 MHz, and 20480 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 2500 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also is comprised of 5376 Stream Processors, 336 Texture Address Units, and 192 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon RX 7900 XT		300 Watts
	Difference: 170 Watts (131%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 7900 XT, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		819200 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 589824 (257%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XT will be quite a bit (approximately 306%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		504000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 379840 (306%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XT should be a lot (about 480%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3050, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XT		288000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 238336 (480%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.