3dfx Spectre 3000 vs GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 315 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 31 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 37.17 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 13.61 | no data |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | Voodoo Scalable (2000) |
| GPU code name | GA107 | Rampage |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 January 2022 (3 years ago) | no data |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $499 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 2048 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1545 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1740 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 8,700 million | 30 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 111.4 | 0.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 7.127 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 64 | 4 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | no data |
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 | PCIe 4.0 x8 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 242 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 | GDDR6 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 64 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | 6.4 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 HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 60 Watt |
RTX 3050 4 GB has a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2150% more advanced lithography process.
3dfx Spectre 3000, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB and 3dfx Spectre 3000. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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