GeForce RTX 3050 OEM vs FX Go5200
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 177 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.50 |
| Architecture | Rankine (2003−2005) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | NV34 B1 | GA106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 March 2003 (21 year ago) | 4 January 2022 (2 years ago) |
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 | no data | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 1515 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1755 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 45 million | 12,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 130 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.8 | 140.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 8.986 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 |
| TMUs | 4 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 20 |
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 | AGP 8x | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 8-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 | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 200 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0a | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 March 2003 | 4 January 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 8 nm |
RTX 3050 OEM has an age advantage of 18 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce FX Go5200 and GeForce RTX 3050 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce FX Go5200 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 OEM is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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