Switch GPU and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB - video card comparison
Switch GPU
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GM20B
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2017
January 2022
Interface
IGP
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
768 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
20 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
2,000 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
12.29
142.2
Memory type
DDR4
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
3200 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
224.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
5.3
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.3