Graphics card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Nvidia
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
8192 Mb GDDR6
Released 4 Jan 2022
DESKTOP
VS
Nvidia
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
4096 Mb GDDR6
Released 27 Jan 2022
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
- Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
- 40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB .
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
- Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB |
| GPU Name | GA106 (GA106-150-A1) | GA106 (GA106-140-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistors | 13,250 million | 13,250 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 20 | 18 |
| Core clock | 1552 MHz | 1545 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 40 |
| TMUs | 80 | 72 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB |
| TDP | 130 watts | 90 watts |
| Release Date | 4 Jan 2022 | 27 Jan 2022 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB85.30 GP/s
- GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB69.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB142.20 GT/s
- GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB125.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB224.00 GB/s
- GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB224.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB9098.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB8018.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better