GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 4 GB vs FirePro W8000

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	482	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.46	no data
Power efficiency	3.46	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	Tahiti	GA107
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	14 June 2012 (13 years ago)	6 July 2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	1792	2560
Core clock speed	900 MHz	652 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1207 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	100.8	96.56
Floating-point processing power	3.226 TFLOPS	6.18 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	112	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20
L1 Cache	448 KB	2.5 MB
L2 Cache	512 KB	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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	279 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	176 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
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	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	Portable Device Dependent
StereoOutput3D	+	-
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 June 2012	6 July 2022
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	45 Watt

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