NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 1237 MHz vs 722 MHz
1722.7x more texture fill rate: 119.4 GTexel/s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1536
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 606 vs 556
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10482 vs 3568

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed	1237 MHz vs 722 MHz
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1536
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	606 vs 556
PassMark - G3D Mark	10482 vs 3568

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

606

556

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10482

3568

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	606	556
PassMark - G3D Mark	10482	3568
Geekbench - OpenCL	54799
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5382

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GA107	GM204
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	30 August 2015
Place in performance rating	186	187
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	722 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	1536
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s	69.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	5,200 million
Floating-point performance		2,218 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	96 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5