GeForce RTX 4050 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 4050
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
AD107
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
2023
2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
2640 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
5 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
18,900 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
195 Watt
Texture fill rate
211.2
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
96 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
18 GB/s
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
216.0 GB/s
240.0 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
8.9
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3