GeForce RTX 3050 OEM vs ATI FireGL V3600

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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 data16.33
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRV630GA106
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date28 June 2007 (17 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores1202560
Core clock speed600 MHz1515 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1755 MHz
Number of transistors390 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)73 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate4.800140.4
Floating-point processing power0.144 TFLOPS8.986 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs880
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 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.

DirectX10.0 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2007 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 73 Watt 130 Watt

ATI FireGL V3600 has 78.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FireGL V3600 and GeForce RTX 3050 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireGL V3600 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3050 OEM is a desktop one.


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