GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 6 GB vs GTX 1080 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking70not rated
Place by popularity41not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation20.83no data
Power efficiency13.21no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP102GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 March 2017 (7 years ago)6 July 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

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 cores35842560
Core clock speed1481 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz1492 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature91 °Cno data
Texture fill rate354.4119.4
Floating-point processing power11.34 TFLOPS7.639 TFLOPS
ROPs8832
TMUs22480
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount11 GB6 GB
Memory bus width352 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth484.4 GB/s168.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

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 Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 March 2017 6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount 11 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 1080 Ti has a 83.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 6 GB is a notebook one.


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