GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB vs Playstation 3 GPU 90nm

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated309
Place by popularitynot in top-10025
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data36.95
Power efficiencyno data13.40
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRSX-90nmGA107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 November 2006 (18 years ago)27 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 data2048
Core clock speed500 MHz1545 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1740 MHz
Number of transistors300 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt90 Watt
Texture fill rate12.00111.4
Floating-point processing powerno data7.127 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs2464
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s192.0 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 11 November 2006 27 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 90 Watt

Playstation 3 GPU 90nm has 12.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 4 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Playstation 3 GPU 90nm and GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Playstation 3 GPU 90nm is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Playstation 3 GPU 90nm
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