GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs GeForce3 Ti500

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated205
Place by popularitynot in top-10088
Power efficiencyno data24.27
ArchitectureKelvin (2001−2003)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV20 A5GA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 October 2001 (23 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 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 coresno data2560
Core clock speed240 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1035 MHz
Number of transistors57 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data75 Watt
Texture fill rate1.92082.80
Floating-point processing powerno data5.299 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs880
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 4.0 x16
Length183 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount64 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2001 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 8 nm

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile has an age advantage of 19 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce3 Ti500 and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce3 Ti500 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500
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