NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

  • Around 62% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1545 MHz
  • Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1740 MHz
  • Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 211.2 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
  • Around 11% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2304
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Core clock speed 2505 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Boost clock speed 2640 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Texture fill rate 211.2 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines 2560 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 150 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
PassMark - G2D Mark 942
PassMark - G3D Mark 12873
Geekbench - OpenCL 49885

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD106 GA107
Launch date 2023 2022
Place in performance rating not rated 88
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2640 MHz 1740 MHz
Core clock speed 2505 MHz 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 211.2 GFLOPS (1:64) 125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 13.52 TFLOPS (1:1) 8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.52 TFLOPS 8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 2304
Pixel fill rate 84.48 GPixel/s 55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 211.2 GTexel/s 125.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 90 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 6-pin
Length 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6