GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh vs GT 640M LE
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 983 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.02 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.97 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GF108 | GA107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 4 May 2012 (13 years ago) | 6 July 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $849.99 | 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 | Up to 384 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | Up to 500 MHz | 1237 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1492 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 585 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 12.05 | 95.49 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.289 TFLOPS | 6.111 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 2 MB |
| L2 Cache | 256 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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
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 | DDR3\DDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128bit | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 785 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 28.8 GB/s | 144.0 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 | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
| HDCP | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | Up to 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Blu-Ray | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 May 2012 | 6 July 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 75 Watt |
GT 640M LE has 275% lower power consumption.
RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 640M LE and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.
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