NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs AMD Radeon 520

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB $199
AMD Radeon 520
2048 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
1740MHz
320 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
1030MHz
Peak AI Performance
228.07 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
660 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
7.13 TFLOPS
FP32
660 GFLOPS
FP16
7.13 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
90W
TDP
Unknown
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
GeForce 30
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
NV177
GA107
Variant
GA107-140-A1
Codename
Hainan
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Variant
Banks Pro
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
12/16/2022
Release Date
4/18/2017
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
56 mm²
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Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
690 Million
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.32M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2048 Shaders
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Shading Units
320 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
20 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
4 ROPs
Tensor Cores
64 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
16 SMs
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Compute Units
5 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1545MHz Base
1740MHz
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1030MHz
Peak AI Performance
228.07 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
660 GFLOPS
FP32
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FP16
7.13 TFLOPS
28.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
57.02 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
14.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
28.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP32
7.13 TFLOPS
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FP32
660 GFLOPS
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FP64
110 GFLOPS
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FP64
40 GFLOPS
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BF16
7.13 TFLOPS
14.25 TFLOPS Tensor
28.51 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
7.13 TFLOPS Tensor
14.25 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
114.03 TOPS Tensor
228.07 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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57.02 TOPS Tensor
114.03 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
3.56 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
13.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
55.68 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
4.12 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
111.36 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
20.6 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
2MB Shared
L2
128KB Shared
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4GB
GDDR6
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1GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
Clock
1125MHz
Transfer Rate
4.5GT/s
Bandwidth
36GB/s
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TDP
90W
TDP
Unknown
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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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
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
Model
NVENC 7
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
No Decoders
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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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
1.9
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
242 mm (9.53 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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