GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 4 GB vs RTX 2080 Super

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking55not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation32.97no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU104GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 July 2019 (5 years ago)6 July 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores30722560
Core clock speed1650 MHz652 MHz
Boost clock speed1815 MHz1207 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate348.596.56
Floating-point processing power11.15 TFLOPS6.18 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs19280
Tensor Cores38480
Ray Tracing Cores4820

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1937 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth495.9 GB/s224.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2019 6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 45 Watt

RTX 2080 Super has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 4 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 455.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Super and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 4 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Super is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 4 GB is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
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