GeForce RTX 3050 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with a core clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1152 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3050 will be 19% faster than the Geforce GTX 760 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 37120 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be quite a bit (about 32%) better at texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30080 (32%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be quite a bit (about 58%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 760, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18304 (58%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.