GK180 and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB - video card comparison
GK180
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GK180
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
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January 2022
Interface
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PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
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1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
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1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
7,080 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2880
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
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130 Watt
Texture fill rate
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142.2
Memory type
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GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
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8 GB
Memory bus width
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128 Bit
Memory clock speed
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14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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224.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
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1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
3.5
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.6
Vulkan
1.2.175
1.3
NVENC
1st Gen
-
PureVideo HD
VP5
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