GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs Radeon HD 6970 X2

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated208
Place by popularitynot in top-10011
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data57.81
Power efficiencyno data17.65
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameAntillesGA106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data4 January 2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores15362560
Core clock speed880 MHz1552 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate84.48142.2
Floating-point processing powerno data9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs9680
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20
L1 Cacheno data2.5 MB
L2 Cacheno data2 MB

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
Lengthno data242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors3x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5.5 GB/s1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth176.0 GB/s224.0 GB/s
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.21x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 130 Watt

RTX 3050 8 GB has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 188.5% lower power consumption.

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