NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.7x more texture fill rate: 386.3 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
2.9x more pipelines: 7424 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 931 vs 918
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24971 vs 12598

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 4 Jan 2022
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7424 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	931 vs 918
PassMark - G3D Mark	24971 vs 12598

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 150 Watt

Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

931

918

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24971

12598

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	931	918
PassMark - G3D Mark	24971	12598
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4179
Geekbench - OpenCL	159976

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA106
Launch date	2023	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	49	52
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	386.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	24.72 TFLOPS (1:1)	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	24.72 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7424	2560
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		300 Watt
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	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6