GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA104
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1725 MHz
1740 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
8,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5888
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
90 Watt
Texture fill rate
317.4
111.4
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
192.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.5
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3