GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB vs RTX 3050 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking178not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency16.34no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGA106TU102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)12 October 2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores25604608
Core clock speed1515 MHz1350 MHz
Boost clock speed1755 MHz1635 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate140.4470.9
Floating-point processing power8.986 TFLOPS15.07 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs80288
Tensor Cores80576
Ray Tracing Cores2072

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 4.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length242 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin2x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s768.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.67.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 3050 OEM has a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 92.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 OEM and GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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