GeForce RTX 4050 vs RTX 3050 8 GB GA107

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated124
Place by popularitynot in top-10044
Power efficiencyno data25.71
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA107AD107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 December 2022 (2 years ago)2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

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 cores25602560
Core clock speed1552 MHz2505 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHz2640 MHz
Number of transistors8,700 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate142.2211.2
Floating-point processing power9.098 TFLOPS13.52 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs8080
Tensor Cores80120
Ray Tracing Cores2018

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 4.0 x8
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 12-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s216.0 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 HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 100 Watt

RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4050, on the other hand, has a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 15% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 and GeForce RTX 4050. We've got no test results to judge.


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