GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs Quadro T500 Mobile

Place in the ranking	479	164
Place by popularity	not in top-100	11
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	69.20
Power efficiency	35.23	17.50
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	TU117	GA106
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	2 December 2020 (4 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$249

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 cores	896	2560
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	4,700 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	94.92	142.2
Floating-point processing power	3.037 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	56	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

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	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	7.5	8.6

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	36 −233%	120−130 +233%
1440p	15 −233%	50−55 +233%
4K	17 −253%	60−65 +253%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.08
1440p	no data	4.98
4K	no data	4.15

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

−257%

50−55
+257%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −241%	75−80 +241%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −246%	45−50 +246%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −252%	95−100 +252%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −233%	60−65 +233%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Far Cry 5	30 −233%	100−105 +233%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −240%	85−90 +240%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −250%	210−220 +250%
Hitman 3	16−18 −253%	60−65 +253%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −240%	170−180 +240%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −240%	85−90 +240%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −233%	100−105 +233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −250%	210−220 +250%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −241%	75−80 +241%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −246%	45−50 +246%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −252%	95−100 +252%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −233%	60−65 +233%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Far Cry 5	28 −257%	100−105 +257%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −240%	85−90 +240%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −250%	210−220 +250%
Hitman 3	16−18 −253%	60−65 +253%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −240%	170−180 +240%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −257%	100−105 +257%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −240%	85−90 +240%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −233%	100−105 +233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	28 −257%	100−105 +257%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −250%	210−220 +250%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −241%	75−80 +241%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −246%	45−50 +246%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −252%	95−100 +252%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Far Cry 5	27 −252%	95−100 +252%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −240%	85−90 +240%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −250%	210−220 +250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19 −242%	65−70 +242%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −250%	210−220 +250%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −233%	30−33 +233%
Hitman 3	12−14 −233%	40−45 +233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −242%	65−70 +242%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −233%	40−45 +233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −233%	50−55 +233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −250%	35−40 +250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −238%	27−30 +238%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −233%	30−33 +233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −253%	60−65 +253%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −250%	35−40 +250%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −257%	50−55 +257%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −242%	130−140 +242%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −251%	200−210 +251%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Hitman 3	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −233%	120−130 +233%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −233%	30−33 +233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −238%	27−30 +238%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −250%	21−24 +250%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −218%	35−40 +218%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%

This is how T500 Mobile and RTX 3050 8 GB compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 8 GB is 233% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 8 GB is 233% faster in 1440p
RTX 3050 8 GB is 253% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.11	32.69
Recency	2 December 2020	4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	130 Watt

T500 Mobile has 622.2% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 8 GB, on the other hand, has a 258.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro T500 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.