RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking412not rated
Place by popularity98not in top-100
Power efficiency10.63no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP107BGA104
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)

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 cores6404096
Core clock speed1354 MHz495 MHz
Boost clock speed1493 MHz1170 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt70 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate59.72149.8
Floating-point processing power1.911 TFLOPS9.585 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs40128
Tensor Coresno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

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 amount4000 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed7008 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s336.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+no data

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
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2017 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4000 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 70 Watt

RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB has an age advantage of 4 years, a 207.2% 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 and RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
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