GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 4 GB vs Radeon HD 6970

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	596	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.88	no data
Power efficiency	2.07	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	Cayman	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	14 December 2010 (14 years ago)	6 July 2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$369	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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 cores	1536	2560
Core clock speed	no data	652 MHz
Boost clock speed	880 MHz	1207 MHz
Number of transistors	2,640 million	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	550 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	84.48	96.56
Floating-point processing power	2.703 TFLOPS	6.18 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	96	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20
L1 Cache	384 KB	2.5 MB
L2 Cache	512 KB	2 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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	224.0 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.7
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 December 2010	6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	550 Watt	45 Watt

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