GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile vs Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile with GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile
2024
4 GB GDDR6, 35 Watt
27.30
+14.2%

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms RTX 3050 A Mobile by a moderate 14% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking202234
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency53.4736.43
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD107GA106
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)2024 (recently)

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 cores20481792
Core clock speed1485 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speed2025 MHz1343 MHz
Number of transistors18,900 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate129.675.21
Floating-point processing power8.294 TFLOPS4.813 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs6456
Tensor Cores6456
Ray Tracing Cores1614

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 sizemedium sizedmedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8

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 amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s192.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.86.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.6

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 27.30 23.91
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile has a 14.2% higher aggregate performance score, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 28.6% lower power consumption.

The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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