Tesla S870 vs GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking222not rated
Place by popularity74not in top-100
Power efficiency29.37no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGN20-P0G80
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date11 May 2021 (3 years ago)2 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$11,999

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 cores2048128
Core clock speed1238 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data681 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)800 Watt
Texture fill rateno data38.40
Floating-point processing powerno data0.3456 TFLOPS
ROPsno data24
TMUsno data32

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot

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 typeGDDR6GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed12000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data76.8 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_211.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2021 2 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 8 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 800 Watt

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile has an age advantage of 14 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1025% more advanced lithography process, and 1233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile and Tesla S870. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is a notebook card while Tesla S870 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile
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NVIDIA Tesla S870
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