GeForce 256 SDR and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB - video card comparison
GeForce 256 SDR
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Architecture
Celsius (1999−2005)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV10 A3
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 1999
January 2022
Interface
AGP 4x
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
120 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
220 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
-
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
0.48
142.2
Memory type
SDR
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
32 MB
8 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
143 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
1.144 GB/s
224.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x VGA
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
7.0
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
N/A
3.0
OpenGL
1.2
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.6
Vulkan
N/A
1.3