GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 vs Quadro M5500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	320	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	9.70	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	GM204	GA107
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	8 April 2016 (9 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 cores	2048	2560
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	1165 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	149.1	142.2
Floating-point processing power	4.772 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	128	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20
L1 Cache	768 KB	2.5 MB
L2 Cache	2 MB	2 MB

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1753 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+
Display Port	1.2	no data
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 April 2016	16 December 2022
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	115 Watt

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