NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 $249
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra $499
2560 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
16 Shaders
512MB GDDR3
400MHz
Peak AI Performance
291.14 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
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FP32
9.1 TFLOPS
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FP16
9.1 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
115W
TDP
81W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 71,805
24%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 73,995
21%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 57,700
28%
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
Curie
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 6000
Codename
NV177
GA107
Variant
GA107-150-A1
Codename
NV45
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
12/16/2022
Release Date
3/14/2005
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
IBM
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
130nm
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Die Size
287 mm²
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Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
222 Million
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
0.77M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Shading Units
16 Shaders
6 Vertex Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1552MHz Base
1777MHz
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400MHz
Peak AI Performance
291.14 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
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FP16
9.1 TFLOPS
36.39 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
72.79 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
18.2 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
36.39 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP32
9.1 TFLOPS
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FP64
140 GFLOPS
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BF16
9.1 TFLOPS
18.2 TFLOPS Tensor
36.39 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
9.1 TFLOPS Tensor
18.2 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
145.57 TOPS Tensor
291.14 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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72.79 TOPS Tensor
145.57 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
4.55 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
17.8 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
56.864 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
6.4 GPixel/s
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Vertex Rate
0.6 GVertices/s
Texture Fillrate
142.16 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
6.4 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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Unknown
L2
2MB Shared
L2
Unknown
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8GB
GDDR6
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512MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
Clock
525MHz
Transfer Rate
1.1GT/s
Bandwidth
33.6GB/s
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TDP
115W
TDP
81W
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
2560x1600
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
2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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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
9
Direct 3D
9_3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
2.1
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
3.0
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PureVideo HD
VP1
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2x Fans
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Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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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
2.0
PCIe Version
1.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
242 mm (9.53 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
197 mm (7.76 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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