GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated162
Place by popularitynot in top-10011
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data69.02
Power efficiencyno data18.14
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGV100GA106
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date21 June 2017 (7 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.

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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 cores51202560
Core clock speed1246 MHz1552 MHz
Boost clock speed1380 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors21,100 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate441.6142.2
Floating-point processing power14.13 TFLOPS9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs12832
TMUs32080
Tensor Cores64080
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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed876 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth897.0 GB/s224.0 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.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 June 2017 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 130 Watt

Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 8 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 130.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB
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