GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, which makes use of a 4 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 2310 MHz. The GDDR6X memory is set to run at a speed of 1313 MHz on this specific model. It features 7680 SPUs along with 240 TAUs and 80 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		285 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (119%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		516096 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 286720 (125%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti will be a lot (more or less 347%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		554400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 430240 (347%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is much (more or less 272%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce RTX 3050, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti		184800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 135136 (272%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR 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 number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.