GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 vs FirePro A300
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Trinity GL | GA107 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 6 June 2012 (13 years ago) | 16 December 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $249 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 760 MHz | 1552 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 905 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 8,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 115 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 21.72 | 142.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.695 TFLOPS | 9.098 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 24 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 20 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 2.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 224.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 June 2012 | 16 December 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 115 Watt |
FirePro A300 has 76.9% lower power consumption.
RTX 3050 8 GB GA107, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro A300 and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro A300 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 is a desktop one.
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