GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and Arc A550M - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Arc A550M
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Xe HPG (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA106
Alchemist
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
January 2022
March 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
-
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2005 MHz
Core clock speed
-
900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
6 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
21,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
16
Power consumption (TDP)
130 Watt
80 Watt (60 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate
142.2
115.2
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
192.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
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
-
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3