NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 91% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 810 MHz
9668.2x more texture fill rate: 125.3 GTexel/s vs 12.96 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 2304 vs 96
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 225
18.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12873 vs 681
20.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49885 vs 2473

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 15 May 2012
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 12.96 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 225
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873 vs 681
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885 vs 2473

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 90 Watt
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 90 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

942

225

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12873

681

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49885

2473

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
PassMark - G2D Mark	942	225
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873	681
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885	2473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		140.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.502
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		9.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.49
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2073
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		170

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Fermi
Code name	GA107	GF108
Launch date	2022	15 May 2012
Place in performance rating	88	1440
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.99
Price now		$99.21
Value for money (0-100)		8.89
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	810 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	96
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s	12.96 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	65 Watt
Floating-point performance		311.0 gflops
Transistor count		585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	145 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR3