GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce RTX 3050, which comes with GPU core speed of 1552 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 2560 SPUs, 80 TAUs, 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 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 159 Watts (122%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3050 will be 3% faster than the GeForce GTX 295 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
	Difference: 5600 (3%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is quite a bit (about 35%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 295. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32000 (35%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3050 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17408 (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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at 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 graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.