NVIDIA A10 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 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.

NVIDIA A10

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

3.4x more texture fill rate: 488.2 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
3.6x more pipelines: 9216 vs 2560
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1007 vs 918
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22064 vs 12598

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9216 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007 vs 918
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064 vs 12598

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 885 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 885 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1007

918

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22064

12598

Name	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007	918
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064	12598
Geekbench - OpenCL	158308

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA106
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	28	52
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	885 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9216	2560
Pixel fill rate	162.7 GPixel/s	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	600.2 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6