GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB vs FirePro D500

Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D500 with GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D500
2014
3 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
10.83

RTX 3050 4 GB outperforms D500 by an impressive 62% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking422308
Place by popularitynot in top-10027
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data36.48
Power efficiency2.7413.51
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTahitiGA107
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date18 January 2014 (10 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 cores15362048
Core clock speed725 MHz1545 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1740 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt90 Watt
Texture fill rate69.60111.4
Floating-point processing power2.227 TFLOPS7.127 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs9664
Tensor Coresno data64
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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length279 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1270 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth243.8 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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.83 17.51
Recency 18 January 2014 27 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 90 Watt

RTX 3050 4 GB has a 61.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 204.4% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D500 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB is a desktop one.


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