GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G $179
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 $159
2304 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1477MHz
768 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1188MHz
FP32
6.81 TFLOPS
FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
FP16
6.81 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.8-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
70W
TDP
90W
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
GIGABYTE
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV177
GA107
Variant
GA107-325-K2-A1
Codename
NV126
GM206
Variant
GM206-250
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
2/2/2024
Release Date
8/20/2015
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Die Size
227 mm²
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Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.95M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2304 Shaders
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Shading Units
768 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
72 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
72 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
18 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
18 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
6 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1042MHz Base
1477MHz
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1024MHz Base
1188MHz
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FP16
6.81 TFLOPS
27.22 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
6.81 TFLOPS
FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
TF32
13.61 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.11 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.06 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
13.3 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
47.264 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
38.016 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
106.344 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
57.024 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
2MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
168GB/s
Clock
1650MHz
Transfer Rate
6.6GT/s
Bandwidth
105.6GB/s
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TDP
70W
TDP
90W
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2x DisplayPort 1.4
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2x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
NVENC 7
Model
NVENC 3
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 2
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP7
VDPAU
Feature Set F
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
1.8
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
Height
69 mm (2.72 in)
Width
181 mm (7.13 in)
Depth
36 mm (1.42 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
202 mm (7.95 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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