NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop 50W vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop 50W
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
2048 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
1417MHz
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
993MHz
Peak AI Performance
185.73 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
10.17 TOPS
INT8
FP32
5.8 TFLOPS
FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
FP16
5.8 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
50W
TDP
75W
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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 53,905
18%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 58,975
17%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 48,620
24%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 115
15%
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
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV177
GA107
Variant
GN20-P0
Codename
NV124
GM204
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
5/11/2021
Release Date
10/7/2014
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
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
2048 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
64 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
16 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1185MHz Base
1417MHz
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993MHz
Peak AI Performance
185.73 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
10.17 TOPS
INT8
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FP16
5.8 TFLOPS
23.22 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
46.43 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
11.61 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
23.22 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP32
5.8 TFLOPS
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FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
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FP64
90 GFLOPS
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FP64
80 GFLOPS
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BF16
5.8 TFLOPS
11.61 TFLOPS Tensor
23.22 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
5.8 TFLOPS Tensor
11.61 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
92.87 TOPS Tensor
185.73 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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46.43 TOPS Tensor
92.86 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
10.17 TOPS
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INT32
2.9 TOPS
INT32
2.54 TOPS
Ray Tracing
11.3 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
45.344 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
47.664 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
90.688 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
79.44 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
1.5MB Shared
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4GB
GDDR6
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
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TDP
50W
TDP
75W
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No Ports
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No Ports
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
2x 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 1
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
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AVC (H.264)
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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
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
Not a Card
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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