GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs Arc Pro A50
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 212 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 29.07 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | DG2-128 | GN20-P0-R 6 GB |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 8 August 2022 (2 years ago) | 6 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores | 1024 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1237 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2350 MHz | 1492 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP) |
| Texture fill rate | 150.4 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.813 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | no data |
| TMUs | 64 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 8 | no data |
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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 96 Bit | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 12000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 Connectors | 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0 | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12_2 |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 August 2022 | 6 January 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 60 Watt |
Arc Pro A50 has a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.
RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 25% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Arc Pro A50 and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Arc Pro A50 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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