GeForce RTX 3050 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 670, which has GPU clock speed of 915 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1500 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1344 Stream Processors, 112 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 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3050 is 19% faster than the Geforce GTX 670 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
	Difference: 37376 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be quite a bit (approximately 21%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 670. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21680 (21%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA 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 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20384 (70%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.