GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs ATI Radeon HD 4710

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated165
Place by popularitynot in top-10011
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data69.37
Power efficiencyno data17.26
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRV730GA106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 September 2008 (16 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 cores3202560
Core clock speed750 MHz1552 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistors514 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)59 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate24.00142.2
Floating-point processing power0.48 TFLOPS9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs3280
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length193 mm242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s224.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2008 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 59 Watt 130 Watt

ATI HD 4710 has 120.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 8 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4710 and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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