GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB vs A30 PCIe

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated309
Place by popularitynot in top-10025
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data37.01
Power efficiencyno data13.42
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA100GA107
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)27 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores35842048
Core clock speed930 MHz1545 MHz
Boost clock speed1440 MHz1740 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt90 Watt
Texture fill rate322.6111.4
Floating-point processing power10.32 TFLOPS7.127 TFLOPS
ROPs9632
TMUs22464
Tensor Cores22464
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPS1x 6-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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB4 GB
Memory bus width3072 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth933.1 GB/s192.0 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.

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.7
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL3.03.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA8.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2021 27 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 90 Watt

A30 PCIe has a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3050 4 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 83.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A30 PCIe and GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A30 PCIe is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB is a desktop one.


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