GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs GTX 480 512

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated235
Place by popularitynot in top-10044
Power efficiencyno data21.93
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF100GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)11 May 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 cores5122048
Core clock speed527 MHz712 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1057 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate33.7367.65
Floating-point processing powerno data4.329 TFLOPS
ROPs4840
TMUs6464
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length292 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data

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 amount1536 MB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2.8 GB/s1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth134.4 GB/s192.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA2.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 75 Watt

RTX 3050 Mobile has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 480 Core 512 and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 480 Core 512 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Core 512
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
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