GeForce RTX 3050 vs Geforce GTX 680

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 680, which has a core clock frequency of 1006 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1536 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Geforce GTX 680		195 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3050 should theoretically perform a little bit faster than the Geforce GTX 680 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 680		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 37120 (19%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 is a little bit (approximately 4%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		128768 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4608 (4%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is superior to the Geforce GTX 680, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 680		32192 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17472 (54%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per 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 this number, the better the graphics 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 that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.