NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Around 45% higher core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1740 MHz
7.1x more pipelines: 16384 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 4 GB
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 942
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 12873
6.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 49885

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 942
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791 vs 49885

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
97.1x more texture fill rate: 125.3 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
5x lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Launch date	2022 vs 20 Sep 2022
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1297

942

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

38287

12873

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

317791

49885

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297	942
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287	12873
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	582.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	98.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	178.756
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2968.159
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791	49885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA107
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	2022
Place in performance rating	13	88
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	2235 MHz	1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS	8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16384	2304
Pixel fill rate	443.5 GPixel/s	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,290 GTexel/s	125.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	450 Watt	90 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million
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	Triple-slot	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	304 mm, 12 inches	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	850 Watt	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	137 mm, 5.4 inches	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	24 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	1,008 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6