NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation

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: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22866 vs 12807

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7424 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	22866 vs 12807

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 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 933 vs 730

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	933 vs 730

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

730

933

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22866

12807

Name	NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	730	933
PassMark - G3D Mark	22866	12807
Geekbench - OpenCL	146175

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA106
Place in performance rating	44	43
Launch date		4 Jan 2022
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
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)	110 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	12000 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		9.098 TFLOPS
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	432.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6