GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 vs Playstation 3 GPU 40nm

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRSX-40nmGA107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 October 2012 (12 years ago)16 December 2022 (1 year 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 coresno data2560
Core clock speed550 MHz1552 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistors302 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate13.20142.2
Floating-point processing powerno data9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs2480
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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s224.0 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 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.

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLES 1.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 October 2012 16 December 2022
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 115 Watt

Playstation 3 GPU 40nm has 228.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 8 GB GA107, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Playstation 3 GPU 40nm and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Playstation 3 GPU 40nm is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 is a desktop one.


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