GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs HD Graphics 405

Place in the ranking	1163	163
Place by popularity	not in top-100	11
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	69.19
Power efficiency	8.48	17.54
Architecture	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Braswell GT1	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	128	2560
Core clock speed	200 MHz	1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	600 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.600	142.2
Floating-point processing power	0.1536 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	32
TMUs	16	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

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).

Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-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 type	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	224.0 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 Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−4275%

700−750
+4275%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

0.36

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−4233%

130−140

+4233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −4150%	170−180 +4150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −4233%	130−140 +4233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −4233%	130−140 +4233%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −4300%	220−230 +4300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −3991%	450−500 +3991%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4233%	260−270 +4233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −4255%	1350−1400 +4255%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −4150%	170−180 +4150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −4233%	130−140 +4233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −4233%	130−140 +4233%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −4300%	220−230 +4300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −3991%	450−500 +3991%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4233%	260−270 +4233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −3900%	400−450 +3900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −4255%	1350−1400 +4255%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −4150%	170−180 +4150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −4233%	130−140 +4233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −4233%	130−140 +4233%
Hitman 3	5−6 −4300%	220−230 +4300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −3991%	450−500 +3991%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4233%	260−270 +4233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −3900%	400−450 +3900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −4255%	1350−1400 +4255%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−3900%

40−45
+3900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Hitman 3	6−7 −4233%	260−270 +4233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −4233%	130−140 +4233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −4150%	85−90 +4150%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
−4233%

130−140

+4233%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−4150%

85−90
+4150%

This is how HD Graphics 405 and RTX 3050 8 GB compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 8 GB is 4275% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.73	32.69
Recency	1 April 2015	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	130 Watt

HD Graphics 405 has 2066.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 8 GB, on the other hand, has a 4378.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 405 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 405 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.