NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB

3.6x more texture fill rate: 515.3 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
3.8x more pipelines: 9728 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 130 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Texture fill rate	515.3 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9728 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz

Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1695 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Name	NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	180542
PassMark - G2D Mark		930
PassMark - G3D Mark		12783

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation 16GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD103	GA106
Place in performance rating	47	45
Launch date		4 Jan 2022
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1335 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	9728	2560
Pixel fill rate	189.8 GPixel/s	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	515.3 GTexel/s	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	45900 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	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6