NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 $249
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti $400
2560 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
2570MHz
4864 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1665MHz
Peak AI Performance
421.07 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
518.31 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
13.16 TFLOPS
FP32
16.2 TFLOPS
FP16
13.16 TFLOPS
FP16
16.2 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
TDP
130W
TDP
200W
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 12-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 120,245
39%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 128,475
36%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 95,190
46%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 375
49%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
Ampere
Family
GeForce 50
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
NV197
GB207
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Codename
NV174
GA104
Variant
GA104-200-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
6/24/2025
Release Date
12/2/2020
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
393 mm²
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Transistor Count
17.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
44.33M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Shading Units
4864 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
152 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
80 ROPs
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
152 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
38 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
38 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
6 GPCs
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2310MHz Base
2570MHz
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1410MHz Base
1665MHz
Peak AI Performance
421.07 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
518.31 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP4
210.53 TFLOPS Tensor
421.07 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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105.27 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
210.53 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
105.27 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
13.16 TFLOPS
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
105.27 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
16.2 TFLOPS
64.79 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
129.58 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
32.39 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
64.79 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
13.16 TFLOPS
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FP32
16.2 TFLOPS
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FP64
210 GFLOPS
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FP64
250 GFLOPS
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BF16
13.16 TFLOPS
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
16.2 TFLOPS
32.39 TFLOPS Tensor
64.79 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
13.16 TFLOPS Tensor
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
16.2 TFLOPS Tensor
32.39 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
259.15 TOPS Tensor
518.31 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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105.27 TOPS Tensor
210.53 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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129.58 TOPS Tensor
259.15 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
13.16 TOPS
INT32
8.1 TOPS
Ray Tracing
39.9 TOPS
Ray Tracing
31.6 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
82.24 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
133.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
205.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
253.08 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
32MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
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8GB
GDDR6
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8GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
448GB/s
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TDP
130W
TDP
200W
Temp
87°C Max
Temp
93°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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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
165Hz
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
4
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
NVENC 9
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 6
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_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Not a Card
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2x Fans
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2x Fans
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.9
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)
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