GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs GTX 780 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated205
Place by popularitynot in top-10088
Power efficiencyno data24.27
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK110BGA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 September 2013 (11 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 cores23042560
Core clock speed863 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speed902 MHz1035 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate173.282.80
Floating-point processing power4.156 TFLOPS5.299 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs19280
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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA3.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2013 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 780 6 GB has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780 6 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780 6 GB is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
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