GeForce 6800 and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile - video card comparison

GeForce 6800

GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile

Architecture

Curie (2003−2013)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

NV41

GN20-P0-R 6 GB

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

November 2004

January 2023

Interface

PCIe 1.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

None

Boost clock speed

1492 MHz

Core clock speed

325 MHz

1237 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

130 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

190 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

2560

Power consumption (TDP)

60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)

Texture fill rate

3.900

Memory type

DDR

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

256 MB

6 GB

Memory bus width

256 Bit

96 Bit

Memory clock speed

600 MBps

12000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

19.2 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

DirectX

9.0c (9_3)

12_2

OpenCL

N/A

OpenGL

2.0 (full) Shader Model

3.0-

Vulkan

N/A