GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 vs Quadro P5000 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	185	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.34	no data
Power efficiency	20.81	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GP104	GA107
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	11 January 2017 (7 years ago)	16 December 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,885	$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2048	2560
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	202.5	142.2
Floating-point processing power	6.48 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	128	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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	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	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+
Display Port	1.4	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	-
3D Stereo	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	6.1	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 January 2017	16 December 2022
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	115 Watt

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