GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB vs FirePro V7900 SDI

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	308
Place by popularity	not in top-100	27
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	36.39
Power efficiency	no data	13.45
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Cayman	GA107
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	24 May 2011 (13 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.

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	1280	2048
Core clock speed	725 MHz	1545 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1740 MHz
Number of transistors	2,640 million	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	224 Watt	90 Watt
Texture fill rate	58.00	111.4
Floating-point processing power	1.856 TFLOPS	7.127 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	80	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	279 mm	242 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	192.0 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 Connectors	4x SDI	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+
StereoOutput3D	+	-
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.7
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 May 2011	27 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	224 Watt	90 Watt

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