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.

 

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 932
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26733 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 932
PassMark - G3D Mark 26733 vs 12807

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
932
1050
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12807
26733
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark - G2D Mark 932 1050
PassMark - G3D Mark 12807 26733
Geekbench - OpenCL 191412
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 19948

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 44
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