GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs Jetson AGX Xavier 16 GB
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 218 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 20 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 74.06 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 26.93 |
| Architecture | Volta (2017−2020) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | GV10B | GA107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | October 2018 (6 years ago) | 2 February 2024 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | $179 |
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 | 512 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 854 MHz | 1042 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1377 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 9,000 million | 8,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 70 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 44.06 | 105.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.41 TFLOPS | 6.774 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | 72 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 | 72 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 18 |
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 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | LPDDR4X | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2133 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 136.5 GB/s | 168.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 7.2 | 8.6 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 70 Watt |
Jetson AGX Xavier 16 GB has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
RTX 3050 6 GB, on the other hand, has a 50% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Jetson AGX Xavier 16 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Jetson AGX Xavier 16 GB is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is a desktop one.
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