
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and L40 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
L40
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GA106
AD102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2022
October 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2490 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
4 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
76,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
18176
Power consumption (TDP)
130 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
142.2
1,414
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
48 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
864.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.9
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3