NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce MX350

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and NVIDIA GeForce MX350 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, 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 MX350

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1354 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1468 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 125.3 GTexel/s vs 46.98 GTexel/s
3.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 235
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12873 vs 2807
3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49885 vs 13562

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 10 Feb 2020
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1354 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1468 MHz
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 46.98 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2304 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 235
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873 vs 2807
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885 vs 13562

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX350

4.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 90 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 90 Watt
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce MX350

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

942

235

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12873

2807

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49885

13562

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce MX350
PassMark - G2D Mark	942	235
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873	2807
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885	13562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4655
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4655
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1247

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce MX350
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA107	GP107
Launch date	2022	10 Feb 2020
Place in performance rating	88	654
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1468 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	1354 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	58.72 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)	29.36 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS	1.879 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	640
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s	23.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s	46.98 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count		3300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
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
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	56.06 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5