NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 500 MHz
596.2x more texture fill rate: 126.4 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 90 nm
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 145 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1210 MHz
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 963 vs 653
50.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11934 vs 236

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 24 April 2006
Core clock speed	1515 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	126.4 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 145 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1210 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	963 vs 653
PassMark - G3D Mark	11934 vs 236

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

963

653

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11934

236

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	963	653
PassMark - G3D Mark	11934	236
Geekbench - OpenCL	60582
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	207.741
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2525.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.152
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	806.848

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Curie
Code name	GA106	G71
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	24 April 2006
Place in performance rating	206	208
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz
Core clock speed	1515 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	90 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
Pixel fill rate	56.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	126.4 GTexel/s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	145 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	4x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	305 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1210 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3