GeForce RTX 3050 OEM vs A10 PCIe

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated178
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data16.34
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA102GA106
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores92162560
Core clock speed885 MHz1515 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate488.2140.4
Floating-point processing power31.24 TFLOPS8.986 TFLOPS
ROPs9632
TMUs28880
Tensor Cores28880
Ray Tracing Cores7220

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mm242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPS1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1563 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth600.2 GB/s224.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2021 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 130 Watt

A10 PCIe has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 15.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A10 PCIe and GeForce RTX 3050 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A10 PCIe is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3050 OEM is a desktop one.


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