NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB and NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 589 MHz
60356.5x more texture fill rate: 142.2 GTexel/s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
320x more pipelines: 2560 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 40 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 800 MHz
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 918 vs 309
100x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12598 vs 126

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 26 November 2009
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	918 vs 309
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598 vs 126

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

918

309

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12598

126

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	918	309
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598	126

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GA106	GT218
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	26 November 2009
Place in performance rating	52	555
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz	589 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	8
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s	2.356 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	260 million
Floating-point performance		22.432 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	168 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	10.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR2