GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this particular model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 480 should be a bit faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (14%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 will be much (approximately 30%) better at AF than the GeForce RTX 3050. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 37120 (30%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be quite a bit (approximately 39%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 480, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13824 (39%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This 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 texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.