NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB $179
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 $599
2304 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1470MHz
5888 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
2475MHz
FP32
6.77 TFLOPS
FP32
29.15 TFLOPS
FP16
6.77 TFLOPS
FP16
29.15 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.1-Slots
TDP
70W
TDP
200W
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Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
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
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 40
Codename
NV177
GA107
Variant
GA107-325-K2-A1
Codename
NV184
AD104
Variant
AD104-250
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
2/2/2024
Release Date
4/13/2023
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
4N
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Die Size
295 mm²
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Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
35.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
121.56M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2304 Shaders
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Shading Units
5888 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
72 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
184 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Tensor Cores
72 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
184 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
18 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
46 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
18 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
46 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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1042MHz Base
1470MHz
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1920MHz Base
2475MHz
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FP8
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233.17 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
6.77 TFLOPS
27.1 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
29.15 TFLOPS
116.58 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
6.77 TFLOPS
FP32
29.15 TFLOPS
TF32
13.55 TFLOPS
TF32
58.29 TFLOPS
FP64
0.11 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.46 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
13.2 TOPS
Ray Tracing
67.4 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
47.04 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
158.4 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
105.84 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
455.4 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
2MB Shared
L2
36MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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12GB
GDDR6X
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
168GB/s
Clock
1313MHz
Transfer Rate
21GT/s
Bandwidth
504GB/s
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TDP
70W
TDP
200W
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
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)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
NVENC 7
Model
2x NVENC 8
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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AV1
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 5
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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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
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
8.9
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PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
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2x Fans
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2x Fans
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Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Slots Required
1.9
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
2.1
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
242 mm (9.53 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
244 mm (9.61 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
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