GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce RTX 3050 OEM - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
GeForce GTX 980
11457
GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
12379
GeForce GTX 980
GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GM204
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
January 2022
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
1x 8-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1216 MHz
1755 MHz
Core clock speed
1064 MHz
-
CUDA cores
2048
-
Floating-point performance
4,981 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
165 Watt
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
144 billion/sec
140.4
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
224.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.3
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-