GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430

Place in the ranking	1309	171
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	67.65
Power efficiency	3.38	17.39
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Park	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	4 January 2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

no data

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	80	2560
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.000	142.2
Floating-point processing power	0.08 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	32
TMUs	8	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	224.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	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	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.6
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −9067%	550−600 +9067%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −9233%	280−290 +9233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −9067%	550−600 +9067%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −9233%	280−290 +9233%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −9233%	280−290 +9233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −8650%	350−400 +8650%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −9067%	550−600 +9067%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −9233%	280−290 +9233%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −9186%	650−700 +9186%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −9233%	280−290 +9233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −9186%	650−700 +9186%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −8650%	350−400 +8650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −8900%	450−500 +8900%
World of Tanks	12−14 −9131%	1200−1250 +9131%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −9067%	550−600 +9067%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −9233%	280−290 +9233%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −9186%	650−700 +9186%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −9233%	280−290 +9233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −9186%	650−700 +9186%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3
−9400%

190−200

+9400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −9233%	280−290 +9233%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −8650%	350−400 +8650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −8650%	350−400 +8650%
Valorant	5−6 −8900%	450−500 +8900%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −9233%	1400−1450 +9233%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −9233%	1400−1450 +9233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	1−2 −9400%	95−100 +9400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −9233%	1400−1450 +9233%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −9400%	190−200 +9400%
Dota 2	14−16 −9233%	1400−1450 +9233%
Valorant	1−2 −9400%	95−100 +9400%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.33	31.50
Recency	7 January 2010	4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	130 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5430 has 1757.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 8 GB, on the other hand, has a 9445.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5430 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5430 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is a desktop one.

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