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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 5000 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 5000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation

Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1777 MHz
6x more pipelines: 15360 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24197 vs 12803

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Pipelines	15360 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	24197 vs 12803

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Around 70% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 915 MHz
118.3x more texture fill rate: 142.2 GTexel/s vs 1,202 GTexel/s
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 931 vs 756

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s vs 1,202 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	931 vs 756

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

756

931

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24197

12803

Name	NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	756	931
PassMark - G3D Mark	24197	12803
Geekbench - OpenCL	122517

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA106
Place in performance rating	47	44
Launch date		4 Jan 2022
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	15360	2560
Pixel fill rate	440.9 GPixel/s	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,202 GTexel/s	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	76300 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	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 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	32 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6