GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB vs GTX 780M Mac Edition

Place in the ranking	563	309
Place by popularity	not in top-100	25
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	37.01
Power efficiency	3.76	13.42
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GK104	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	8 November 2013 (11 years ago)	27 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	1536	2048
Core clock speed	771 MHz	1545 MHz
Boost clock speed	797 MHz	1740 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	90 Watt
Texture fill rate	102.0	111.4
Floating-point processing power	2.448 TFLOPS	7.127 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	128	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	192.0 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	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	3.0	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.70	17.62
Recency	8 November 2013	27 January 2022
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	90 Watt

RTX 3050 4 GB has a 163% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 35.6% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.