Tesla M2050 vs GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking212not rated
Place by popularity76not in top-100
Power efficiency30.50no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGN20-P0GF100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date11 May 2021 (3 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,699

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 cores2048448
Core clock speed1238 MHz575 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)225 Watt
Texture fill rateno data32.20
Floating-point processing powerno data1.03 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data56

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data248 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed12000 MHz773 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data148.4 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_212 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2021 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 225 Watt

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile has an age advantage of 9 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile and Tesla M2050. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is a notebook card while Tesla M2050 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile
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