GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs GT 530 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated200
Place by popularitynot in top-10021
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data75.58
Power efficiencyno data27.43
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF108GA107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 May 2011 (13 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 cores962304
Core clock speed700 MHz1042 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1470 MHz
Number of transistors585 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate11.20105.8
Floating-point processing power0.2688 TFLOPS6.774 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs1672
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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length145 mm242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s168.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2011 2 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 70 Watt

GT 530 OEM has 40% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 530 OEM and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM
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