GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 vs HD Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1153not rated
Place by popularity85not in top-100
Power efficiency1.51no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1GA107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)16 December 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249

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 cores482560
Core clock speed650 MHz1552 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors392 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate6.300142.2
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPS9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs132
TMUs680
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.04.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.801.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 16 December 2022
Chip lithography 22 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 115 Watt

HD Graphics has 228.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 8 GB GA107, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107. We've got no test results to judge.


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