3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 16 MB vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking197not rated
Place by popularity21not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation75.18no data
Power efficiency27.27no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Voodoo Scalable (2000)
GPU code nameGA107VSA-101
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 February 2024 (less than a year ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 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 cores2304no data
Core clock speed1042 MHz166 MHz
Boost clock speed1470 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,700 million14 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate105.80.33
Floating-point processing power6.774 TFLOPSno data
ROPs322
TMUs722
Tensor Cores72no data
Ray Tracing Cores18no 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 x8AGP 4x
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR6DDR
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 MB
Memory bus width96 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth168.0 GB/s2.656 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 1.4a1x DVI, 1x VGA
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)6.0
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.61.1
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 MB
Chip lithography 8 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 15 Watt

RTX 3050 6 GB has a 38300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2150% more advanced lithography process.

3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 16 MB, on the other hand, has 366.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB and 3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 16 MB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
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