NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 700 MHz
11285.7x more texture fill rate: 126.4 GTexel/s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 2304 vs 96
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 970 vs 238
17.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11911 vs 668
26.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 60604 vs 2262
36.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 210.151 vs 5.698
14.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2513.128 vs 175.385
38x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 18.875 vs 0.497
8.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.395 vs 9.27

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 14 May 2011
Core clock speed	1515 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	126.4 GTexel/s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	970 vs 238
PassMark - G3D Mark	11911 vs 668
Geekbench - OpenCL	60604 vs 2262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	210.151 vs 5.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2513.128 vs 175.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	18.875 vs 0.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.395 vs 9.27

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

970

238

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11911

668

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

60604

2262

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

210.151

5.698

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2513.128

175.385

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18.875

0.497

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

81.395

9.27

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	970	238
PassMark - G3D Mark	11911	668
Geekbench - OpenCL	60604	2262
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	210.151	5.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2513.128	175.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	18.875	0.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.395	9.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	806.848
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2716

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Fermi
Code name	GA106	GF108
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	14 May 2011
Place in performance rating	205	1361
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz
Core clock speed	1515 MHz	700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	126.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.087 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.087 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	96
Pixel fill rate	56.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	126.4 GTexel/s	11.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	585 million
Floating-point performance		268.8 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 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	145 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)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR3