GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs Radeon 520 Mobile GDDR5

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated269
Place by popularitynot in top-10053
Power efficiencyno data29.27
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameBanksGN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date18 April 2017 (8 years ago)6 January 2023 (2 years ago)

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 cores3202560
Core clock speed1030 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1492 MHz
Number of transistors690 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate20.60no data
Floating-point processing power0.6592 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs20no data
L1 Cache80 KBno data
L2 Cache128 KBno 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 x8no 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth36 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12_2
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1 (1.2)no data
Vulkan1.2.170-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 April 2017 6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 60 Watt

520 Mobile GDDR5 has 20% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 520 Mobile GDDR5 and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

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AMD Radeon 520 Mobile GDDR5
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile
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