NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 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 8GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

3.9x more texture fill rate: 556.0 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
4.1x more pipelines: 10496 vs 2560
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1050 vs 933
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26748 vs 12807

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	556.0 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10496 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1050 vs 933
PassMark - G3D Mark	26748 vs 12807

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

933

1050

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12807

26748

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark - G2D Mark	933	1050
PassMark - G3D Mark	12807	26748
Geekbench - OpenCL		191401
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		732.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		7585.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		63.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		247.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2441.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		19938

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA102
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	43	45
Launch price (MSRP)		$1499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)	556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)	35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS	35.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	10496
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s	556.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	313 mm (12.3 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	Triple-slot
Height		138 mm (5.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X