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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

268%
268%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

101%
101%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is approximately 167% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GA106
GM200
CoresDifferent
2560
2816
TMUsDifferent
80
176
ROPsDifferent
32
96
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
6 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GPU NameDifferent
GA106
GM200
GPU VariantDifferent
GA106-150-KA-A1
GM200-310-A1
ArchitectureDifferent
Ampere
Maxwell 2.0
FoundryDifferent
Samsung
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
8 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
12,000 million
8,000 million
DensityDifferent
43.5M / mm²
13.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
276 mm²
601 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2713
BGA-2152

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Release DateDifferent
Jan 4th, 2022
Jun 2nd, 2015
AvailabilityDifferent
Jan 27th, 2022
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 30
GeForce 900
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 20
GeForce 700
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 40
GeForce 10
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
249 USD
649 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
49 in our database
169 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Base ClockDifferent
1552 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
1777 MHz
1076 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1750 MHz14 Gbps effective
1753 MHz7 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
6 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
224.0 GB/s
336.6 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Shading UnitsDifferent
2560
2816
TMUsDifferent
80
176
ROPsDifferent
32
96
SM CountDifferent
20
N/A
Tensor CoresDifferent
80
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
20
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB (per SM)
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
3 MB
SMM CountDifferent
N/A
22

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Pixel RateDifferent
56.86 GPixel/s
103.3 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
142.2 GTexel/s
189.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
9.098 TFLOPS
6.060 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
189.4 GFLOPS (1:32)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
242 mm9.5 inches
267 mm10.5 inches
HeightDifferent
112 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
TDPDifferent
130 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
300 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG190 SKU 70
PG600 SKU 30
WidthDifferent
N/A
40 mm1.6 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
CUDADifferent
8.6
5.2
Shader Model
6.8
6.8

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