H100 SXM5 vs GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking309not rated
Place by popularity27not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.41no data
Power efficiency13.43no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Hopper (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA107GH100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date27 January 2022 (2 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 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 cores20488448
Core clock speed1545 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speed1740 MHz1780 MHz
Number of transistors8,700 million80,000 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt700 Watt
Texture fill rate111.4939.8
Floating-point processing power7.127 TFLOPS30.07 TFLOPS
ROPs3224
TMUs64528
Tensor Cores64528
Ray Tracing Cores16no data

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 4.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR6HBM3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB80 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s1,920 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.7N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.69.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 January 2022 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 700 Watt

RTX 3050 4 GB has 677.8% lower power consumption.

H100 SXM5, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, a 1900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB and H100 SXM5. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB is a desktop card while H100 SXM5 is a workstation one.


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