Steam Deck OLED GPU vs GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking210not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency29.07no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGN20-P0-R 6 GBSephiroth
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2023 (1 year ago)9 November 2023 (less than a year 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 cores2560512
Core clock speed1237 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1492 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,400 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data51.20
Floating-point processing powerno data1.638 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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
Lengthno data298 mm

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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed12000 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data88 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 data1x USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_212 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 January 2023 9 November 2023
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 15 Watt

Steam Deck OLED GPU has an age advantage of 10 months, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile and Steam Deck OLED GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is a notebook card while Steam Deck OLED GPU is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile
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AMD Steam Deck OLED GPU
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