GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs Playstation 5 GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated201
Place by popularitynot in top-10024
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data76.17
Power efficiencyno data27.17
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameOberon PlusGA107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date28 September 2022 (2 years ago)2 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 $179

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 cores23042304
Core clock speed2233 MHz1042 MHz
Boost clock speed2233 MHz1470 MHz
Number of transistors10,600 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate321.6105.8
Floating-point processing power10.29 TFLOPS6.774 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs14472
Tensor Coresno data72
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x8
Length390 mm242 mm
WidthIGP2-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s168.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 September 2022 2 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 6 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 70 Watt

Playstation 5 GPU has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3050 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 157.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Playstation 5 GPU and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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