NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 $249
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 $1,199
2560 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
9728 Shaders
16GB GDDR6X
2505MHz
FP32
9.1 TFLOPS
FP32
48.74 TFLOPS
FP16
9.1 TFLOPS
FP16
48.74 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
3.0-Slots
TDP
115W
TDP
320W
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
GB5 OpenCL 71,805
24%
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 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
Ada Lovelace
Family
GeForce 30
Family
GeForce 40
Codename
NV177
GA107
Variant
GA107-150-A1
Codename
NV183
AD103
Variant
AD103-300-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
12/16/2022
Release Date
11/16/2022
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
379 mm²
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Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
45.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
121.24M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Shading Units
9728 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
304 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
304 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
76 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
76 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
6 GPCs
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1552MHz Base
1777MHz
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2205MHz Base
2505MHz
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FP8
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389.9 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
9.1 TFLOPS
36.39 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
48.74 TFLOPS
194.95 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
9.1 TFLOPS
FP32
48.74 TFLOPS
TF32
18.2 TFLOPS
TF32
97.48 TFLOPS
FP64
0.14 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.76 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
17.8 TOPS
Ray Tracing
112.7 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
56.864 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
280.56 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
142.16 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
761.52 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
64MB Shared
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8GB
GDDR6
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16GB
GDDR6X
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
Clock
1400MHz
Transfer Rate
22.4GT/s
Bandwidth
716.8GB/s
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TDP
115W
TDP
320W
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Temp
90°C Max
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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
6.6
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
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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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
3.0
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
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
304 mm (11.97 in)
Depth
61 mm (2.4 in)
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