GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs Quadro RTX 6000 Passive

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated214
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.70
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU102GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date13 August 2018 (6 years ago)6 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,299 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 cores46082560
Core clock speed1305 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHz1492 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate449.3no data
Floating-point processing power14.38 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs288no data
Tensor Cores576no data
Ray Tracing Cores72no data

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/sno data
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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-Cno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12_2
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 August 2018 6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 6000 Passive has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 6000 Passive and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 6000 Passive is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 Passive
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