GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs 6100 + nForce 405

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated201
Place by popularitynot in top-10024
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data76.17
Power efficiencyno data27.17
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameC61GA107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 October 2004 (20 years ago)2 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$179

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 coresno data2304
Core clock speed425 MHz1042 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1470 MHz
Number of transistorsno data8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data70 Watt
Texture fill rate0.43105.8
Floating-point processing powerno data6.774 TFLOPS
ROPs132
TMUs172
Tensor Coresno data72
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

InterfacePCIPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared6 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared96 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data168.0 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.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 October 2004 2 February 2024
Chip lithography 90 nm 8 nm

RTX 3050 6 GB has an age advantage of 19 years, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6100 + nForce 405 and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405
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