GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 6 GB vs GT 1030 DDR4

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GP108	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2018 (6 years ago)	6 July 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data
Current price	$404 (5.1x MSRP)	no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	2048
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz	1492 MHz
Number of transistors	1,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.10	95.49
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 6 GB compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR4	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB/s	144.0 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	6.1	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 March 2018	6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	75 Watt

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