NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop 80W vs NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop Full Specs

Summary

2,048 Shaders 1.74GHz	2,048 Shaders 1.54GHz
4GB GDDR6192GB/s	4GB GDDR696GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 7.13 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 6.3 TFLOPS
Form Factor Soldered	Form Factor Soldered
TDP 80W	TDP 50W

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 Tensor INT8 Tensor INT4 Memory Bandwidth TDP

GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop 80W228.1 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x1.13

RTX A500 Laptop201.5 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1740MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1537MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 228.1 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse	Peak OPS 201.5 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse
FP16 7.13 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-16 28.51 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 57.02 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 14.25 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 28.51 TFLOPS	FP16 6.3 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-16 25.18 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 50.36 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 12.59 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 25.18 TFLOPS
BF16 7.13 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 14.25 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 28.51 TFLOPS	BF16 6.3 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 12.59 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 25.18 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 7.13 TFLOPS	Tensor TF32 6.3 TFLOPS
FP32 7.13 TFLOPS	FP32 6.3 TFLOPS
FP64 111.4 GFLOPS	FP64 98.37 GFLOPS
Tensor INT4 114 TOPS	Tensor INT4 100.7 TOPS
Tensor INT8 57.02 TOPS	Tensor INT8 50.36 TOPS
Ray 10.75 TOPS	Ray 9.49 TOPS
Pixel Rate 55.7 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 49.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 111.4 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 98.4 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 2,048 Shaders	Shaders 2,048 Shaders
TMUs 64 TMUs	TMUs 64 TMUs
ROPs 32 ROPs	ROPs 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores 64 T-Cores	Tensor Cores 64 T-Cores
RT Cores 16 RT-Cores	RT Cores 16 RT-Cores
SMs 16 SMs	SMs 16 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock 1.49GHz	Base Clock 832MHz
Boost Clock 1.74GHz	Boost Clock 1.54GHz

Cache

L1 64KB/SM Tex	L1 64KB/SM Tex
L2 Cache 2MB shared	L2 Cache 2MB shared

Memory

4GB GDDR6	4GB GDDR6
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 64-bit
Memory Speed 12GT/s	Memory Speed 12GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 192GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 96GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP 80W

TDP 50W

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 3	Multi-Monitor 3
Adaptive Sync G-Sync FreeSync	Adaptive Sync G-Sync FreeSync
DSC Supported	DSC Supported
HDCP HDCP 2.3	HDCP HDCP 2.3

API Support

Shader Model 6.6	Shader Model 6.6
DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_2	DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_2
OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3 Vulkan 1.2	OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3 Vulkan 1.2
CUDA 8.6 PureVideo HD VP11 VDPAU Feature Set K	CUDA 8.6 PureVideo HD VP11 VDPAU Feature Set K

Encoder

Encoder NVENC 7	Encoder NVENC 7
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265)	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265)

Decoder

Decoder NVDEC 5	Decoder NVDEC 5
Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1	Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1

Card

Form Factor Soldered	Form Factor Soldered
PCIe PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe PCIe 4.0 x8

Chip

Manufacturer NVIDIA	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer NVIDIA	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Ampere	Architecture Ampere
Family GeForce 30	Family RTX A
Branding	Branding
Codename NV177	Codename NV177
Chip Variant GA107-140-A1	Chip Variant GA107-140-A1
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date May 11, 2021	Release Date Mar 22, 2022

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node 8N	Fabrication Node 8N
Die Size 200mm²	Die Size 200mm²
Transistor Count 8.7B	Transistor Count 8.7B
Transistor Density 43.5 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 43.5 MTr/mm²

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