GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs GTX 570 Rev. 2

Place in the ranking	547	164
Place by popularity	not in top-100	11
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.98	69.05
Power efficiency	2.24	17.41
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GF110	GA106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 December 2010 (13 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3050 8 GB has 6946% better value for money than GTX 570 Rev. 2.

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 cores	480	2560
Core clock speed	732 MHz	1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	219 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	43.92	142.2
Floating-point processing power	1.405 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs	40	32
TMUs	60	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm	242 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 8-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	950 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	152.0 GB/s	224.0 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	2.0	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.08	32.69
Recency	7 December 2010	4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	219 Watt	130 Watt

RTX 3050 8 GB has a 361.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 540% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 68.5% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.