GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 7900 XT, which features a core clock frequency of 1500 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 2500 MHz. It also makes use of a 320-bit bus, and makes use of a 5 nm design. It features 5376 SPUs, 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 should theoretically 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 is a lot (approximately 306%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering 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 is a lot (more or less 480%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3050, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's 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 output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.