GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs Quadro P4000 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	237	184
Place by popularity	not in top-100	45
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.18	37.84
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	N17E-Q3	GA107
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	11 January 2017 (7 years ago)	2 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$819.61	$179
Current price	$1053 (1.3x MSRP)	$204 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3050 6 GB has 512% better value for money than P4000 Mobile.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1792	2304
Core clock speed	1202 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1228 MHz	1470 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	70 Watt
Texture fill rate	137.4	105.8
Floating-point performance	4,398 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro P4000 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	6006 MHz	14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	168.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	no data	+
Display Port	1.4	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	+	no data
3D Stereo	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	6.1	8.6

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	21.44	27.89
Recency	11 January 2017	2 February 2024
Cost	$819.61	$179
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	70 Watt