GeForce GTX 580 3GB vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce RTX 3050, which has GPU clock speed of 1552 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 2560 Stream Processors, 80 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		244 Watts
	Difference: 114 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3050, in theory, should be a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		192384 MB/sec
	Difference: 36992 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is a lot (approximately 151%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 74752 (151%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12608 (34%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.