GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB

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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
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP107GA107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2019 (5 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 cores7682304
Core clock speed1366 MHz1042 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1470 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate69.22105.8
Floating-point processing power2.215 TFLOPS6.774 TFLOPS
ROPs2432
TMUs4872
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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB6 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth84.1 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 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.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA6.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2019 2 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 70 Watt

RTX 3050 6 GB has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 7.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 3 GB
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