Steam Deck GPU and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile - video card comparison

Steam Deck GPU

GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile

Architecture

RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

Van Gogh

GN20-P0-R 6 GB

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

February 2022

January 2023

Supplementary power connectors

None

Boost clock speed

1600 MHz

1492 MHz

Core clock speed

1237 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

7 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

2,400 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

512

2560

Power consumption (TDP)

15 Watt

60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)

Texture fill rate

51.20

Memory type

LPDDR5

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

16 GB

6 GB

Memory bus width

128 Bit

96 Bit

Memory clock speed

5.5 GB/s

12000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

88 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x USB Type-C

DirectX

12 (12_1)

12_2

OpenCL

2.0

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.5

Vulkan

1.2