GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 and RTX A500 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107
RTX A500
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA107
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2022
November 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
8,700 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
142.2
113.3
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
112.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3