GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and GeForce RTX 5070 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GeForce RTX 5070
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Blackwell 2.0
GPU code name
GA106
GB205
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2022
2025 (recently)
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 5.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
0 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
6400
Power consumption (TDP)
130 Watt
220 Watt
Texture fill rate
142.2
504.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
120.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
9.1
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3