NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1188 MHz
2197.5x more texture fill rate: 125.3 GTexel/s vs 57.02 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	2022 vs 1 March 2016
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1188 MHz
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 57.02 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 90 Watt
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 90 Watt
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP
PassMark - G2D Mark	942
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GA107	GM206
Launch date	2022	1 March 2016
Place in performance rating	88	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1188 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	1024 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 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	768
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s	57.02 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	75 Watt
Floating-point performance		1,825 gflops
Transistor count		2,940 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	202 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)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	105.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	6612 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
CUDA