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.

 

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 180852
PassMark - G2D Mark 932
PassMark - G3D Mark 12806

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 45 43
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